Donald Trump accused the media yesterday of stoking anger in US society, amid recriminations over the series of suspicious packages that have been sent to prominent figures who have been critical of the president.
His comments came as federal officials reported three more suspicious packages — two sent to Joe Biden, the Democratic former vice-president, and one sent to Robert De Niro at a New York building housing the actor’s offices and one of his restaurants.
The packages for Mr Biden were discovered at a postal facility in his home state of Delaware. Similar explosive devices were sent this week to the homes of former president Barack Obama and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, and to the New York offices of CNN addressed to former CIA director John Brennan.