Biden says US Secret Service needs more help

US President Joe Biden speaks with members of the media before boarding Marine One en route to Wilmington, Delaware from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, U.S., September 16, 2024. (REUTERS/Nathan Howard)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Secret Service needs more help, President Joe Biden said on Monday after an apparent assassination attempt on Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump was thwarted over the weekend.

Biden, speaking to reporters, said he did not yet have a full report of the Sunday incident at Trump's Florida golf course and that he was thankful the former president was ok.

 

(Reporting by Nandita Bose; writing by Susan Heavey)