Former President Donald Trump assured Wednesday May 25 that he would speak well Friday before the annual meeting of the powerful pro-arms lobby NRA in Texas, despite the appalling shooting in an elementary school in this American state.
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“
America needs real solutions and real leadership at this time, not politicians and partisan considerations
,” the Republican billionaire said on his social network, Truth Social.
"
And that's why I will honor my long-standing commitment to speak at the NRA convention in Texas
," he said, promising "
an important speech to the American people
."
The former president thus appears in clear and deliberate opposition to his successor Joe Biden who, "
disgusted and tired
" by these repeated shootings, launched Tuesday evening: "
When, for the love of God, are we going to face the gun lobby?
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In the United States, shootings are a recurring scourge that successive governments have so far been powerless to stem, unable to pass any ambitious national law on the issue, in particular because of the power of these pro-gun lobbies.
