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As the US reels from the Trump assassination attempt, China sees weakness

One user reposted a photoshop edit of Trump raising his fist against the backdrop of the Chinese flag.

“Even though the bullet struck my ear, I can still hear the voice of the Party!” one blogger wrote jokingly in a caption.

China’s central government, for its part, has said little officially about the attack. Xi, meanwhile, joined world leaders in expressing sympathy to Trump.

To be sure, the attack on Trump has been widely criticized in the US as a failure of the Secret Service, with experts questioning how a gunman was able to reach a vantage point with a weapon so close to the former president’s location.

Top leaders on both sides of the aisle have also asked for calm, calling for political rhetoric to tone down.

“Obviously, we can’t go on like this as a society,” House Speaker Mike Johnson said on Sunday.

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