此次事件中，在发现寄给克林顿和奥巴马炸弹的第二天，一个被暂时被压制的特朗普在一次预定举行的白宫仪式上宣读了一份准备好的声明，谴责“政治暴力的威胁和行为 ” ， 并表示民众必须统一起来。
The day after the discovery of the bombs sent to the Clintons and the Obamas, among others, a subdued Trump read a prepared statement at a prescheduled White House ceremony, condemning “acts or threats of political violence” and saying that the nation must unify.