 Secret Service agents protectively swarmed the wounded candidate, blood streaming down his right cheek. Mr. Trump gave fist pumps to the crowd as they hustled him off the stage to safety. President Biden addressed the nation from inside the White House today, condemning the shooting and urging peace. An assassination attempt is contrary to everything we stand for as a nation, everything. It's not who we are as a nation. It's not America. And we cannot allow this to happen.