President Joe Biden defended his suggestion that Donald Trump should be “put in the bullseye” in an NBC News interview Monday following the assassination attempt on his Republican opponent. Eyewitness Accounts What We Know So Far About the Gunman Politicians Condemn Shooting What to Know About the Victims The Recent History of Political Violence in America Column: The Danger of Treating Politics Like War “Was it—it was a mistake to use the word—I didn’t mea—I didn’t say say crosshairs, I said bullseye, I meant focus on him, focus on what he’s doing,” Biden said.