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World leaders reacted with shock to the wounding of Donald Trump in an assassination attempt against the former US president at an election rally.

US President Joe Biden led the condemnation after his election rival Donald Trump was wounded in the apparent assassination attempt.

‘There’s no place in America for this kind of violence. It’s sick. It’s sick. It’s one of the reasons why we have to unite this country... We cannot be like this, we cannot condone this,’ Biden told reporters in an emergency briefing in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.

Vice president Kamala Harris said on X: ‘We are praying for him, his family, and all those who have been injured and impacted by this senseless shooting.’

Biden’s former boss, Barack Obama, echoed his words in a statement, saying there was ‘absolutely no place for political violence in our democracy.’

Former president George W. Bush condemned the ‘cowardly’ attack.

‘Laura and I are grateful that President Trump is safe following the cowardly attack on his life. And we commend the men and women of the Secret Service for their speedy response,’ the Republican said in a statement.

Bill and Hillary Clinton also condemned the violence.

‘Hillary and I are thankful that President Trump is safe, heartbroken for all those affected by the attack at today’s rally in Pennsylvania, and grateful for the swift action of the US Secret Service,’ the former president wrote on X.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk said Saturday that he ‘fully’ endorses Trump after the rally violence, and hopes ‘for his rapid recovery.’

‘Had it been less than a half inch to the right, he would not have survived,’ the Republican governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, posted on X.

Vivek Ramaswamy, who challenged Trump for the Republican presidential nomination at the primaries, said, ‘We believe the fact that President Trump is safe right now is nothing short of an act of God,’ he wrote on X.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said, ‘Political violence has no place in a democracy,’ she said.

German chancellor Olaf Scholz called the shooting ‘despicable’ and said ‘such acts of violence threaten democracy.’

In neighboring France, president Emmanuel Macron said, ‘France shares the shock and indignation of the American people,’ said Macron.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said, ‘Such violence has no justification and no place anywhere in the world. Never should violence prevail,’ he said.

Argentina’s President Javier Milei blamed the ‘international left’ after the assassination attempt.

Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said the shooting ‘must be strongly condemned by all defenders of democracy and political dialogue.’

Chilean president Gabriel Boric said, ‘Violence is a threat to democracies and weakens our life together. We must all reject it,’ said Boric.

Colombia expressed its ‘solidarity with the United States at this difficult time.’

In Bolivia, President Luis Arce said ‘despite our deep ideological and political differences, violence, wherever it comes from, must always be rejected by everyone.’

China’s Xi Jinping expressed his ‘compassion and sympathy’ for Trump, with a foreign ministry spokesman saying Beijing was ‘closely following’ the incident.

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi said, ‘Violence has no place in politics and democracies,’ said Modi.

Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida also spoke out against political attacks, saying ‘we must stand firm against any form of violence that challenges democracy.’

Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te offered his ‘sincere condolences’ to the shooting victims.

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos said it was ‘with great relief that we receive the news that former President Donald Trump is fine and well after the attempt to assassinate him.’

Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he and his wife Sara ‘were shocked by the apparent attack on President Trump’.

Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi described the shooting as a ‘treacherous incident.’