Biden addresses trajectory of 2024 election after assassination attempt on Trump
President Joe Biden weighed in on if the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump will impact the trajectory of the 2024 election.
In an interview with NBC's Lester Holt, Biden was asked if he believes that this shooting has "changed the trajectory of this race," to which Biden said, "I don't know. And you don't know either."
![](https://i.abcnewsfe.com/a/fc54884c-f771-4602-af86-65bf157a0a19/joe-biden-4-rt-gmh-240714_1721002860023_hpMain.jpg)
"I've thought less about the trajectory of the race than two things. One, what his [Trump] health is. That was secure. Number one. And number two, what happens from here on in terms of the kind of coverage that the president and vice president and former president and new vice president get," Biden said.
The president was also asked about his phone call with Trump after this past weekend's shooting, which he described as a "very cordial" conversation.
"I told him how concerned I was and wanted to make sure I knew how he was actually doing. He sounded good. He said he was fine. And he thanked me for calling him. I told him he was literally in the prayers of Jill and me and I hoped his whole family was weathering this," Biden said.
-ABC News’ Justin Gomez