Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump called him this weekend to discuss the Criminal fire attack At the Governor’s home in Harrisburg about a week After the incident.
Shapiro said Trump called on Saturday morning and that he was “very graceful”.
“I appreciated that the president called me,” said Shapiro, a Democrat, to journalists from the annual Easter egg hunting in Harrisburg, held at the Governor’s residence. “In fact, I did not make his call because it came from his mobile phone and I did not have this number in my phone, so I did not know who it was. As soon as I heard his message, I recalled it right away.”
“He was very kind,” said Shapiro, adding that Trump had asked his wife and children when they “spoke for a few minutes of what happened at the residence”.
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The six days between the criminal fire attack of April 13 and Trump’s call contrasts strongly with Shapiro’s efforts in the immediate Attempt at Trump’s life during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, in July.
Shapiro quickly condemned the assassination attempt, calling violence against any political or chief “absolutely unacceptable” on social networks The day of the shooting. He also worked with the police and called the Trump campaign, although he did not speak directly with Trump.
Shapiro’s house has suffered significant damage this month After a man allegedly entered the governor’s residence While Shapiro and his family were inside and used Molotov cocktails to trigger several fires.
Trump did not strongly condemn the attack, even if other members of his administration and the eminent Republicans commented publicly.
When asked if a reason for the attack had been identified, Trump said last week that he hadn’t heard of it, adding that the striker “was not a fan of Trump”.
“It’s probably just a job. And certainly a thing that cannot happen,” Trump said at the time.
Shapiro said on Tuesday that his call with Trump lasted almost 20 minutes and that they spoke of “a whole multitude of other subjects” in addition to the criminal fire attack.
“He is attentive to the problems that are important to me,” said Shapiro, adding that he knows “the problems that are important to him”.
Shapiro spoke on Tuesday of one of these questions – prices – saying that he hopes that Trump “will readjust his tariff plan to make the Americans and the companies entrusting to invest again in the capital”.
“I have criticized these prices because they will make prices climb, and we already see it. And because it will have companies and individuals, families, keep their capital in their pockets because they are worried about the future, and with uncertainty and chaos that these prices bring, it will be more capital to stay on the sidelines,” he said.