Donald Trump safe after gunshots at Trump International Golf Club
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Via: vic-eldred • 3 months ago • 210 commentsBy: Stepheny PriceLucas TomlinsonDavid SpuntLorraine Taylor (Fox News)
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Former President Trump is safe after gunshots were fired 'in his vicinity,' campaign says
Former President Donald Trump was safe after the Secret Service fired at a gun-toting man outside Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, Sunday, sources told Fox News.
Authorities are treating the case as a potential assassination attempt, and arrested a suspect, a U.S. official told Fox News. The man, who was not immediately identified, was allegedly armed with a rifle when agents fired at him.
"This does not appear to be some random guy with an AK-47 walking outside Trump's club," the official added.
Fox News' Lucas Tomlinson confirmed that the Secret Service opened fire after they saw a man lift an AK-47. The suspect fled in a car, but was quickly apprehended, authorities said.
Trump was on the fifth hole of his course when the shots rang out, prompting his protective detail to swarm him and usher him to the safety of the clubhouse. The incident may prove to be the second attempt on the former president's life in just two months.
Fox News Channel's Sean Hannity, citing local law enforcement, said the suspect's rifle was discovered in the bushes. Four shots were fired, Hannity also confirmed through local law enforcement. Hannity said Trump's initial reaction inside the clubhouse was to make sure everyone was okay.
Fox News host Bret Baier also spoke to Trump, who praised the Secret Service for acting quickly. Trump reaffirmed to Baier that he was fine and there was no evidence any shots were near him or hitting near him.
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"Tell everybody I am fine and the Secret Service did a great job," Trump told Baier.
The Secret Service is working closely with authorities and investigating the situation, and U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland has been briefed.
"The Secret Service, in conjunction with the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, is investigating a protective incident involving former President Donald Trump that occurred shortly before 2 p.m. The former president is safe," the agency confirmed in a post on X.
The White House acknowledged the incident.
"The President and Vice President have been briefed about the security incident at the Trump International Golf Course, where former President Trump was golfing. They are relieved to know that he is safe. They will be kept regularly updated by their team," the White House said in a statement.
Fox News Digital confirmed that the Attorney General has been briefed, is monitoring the situation, and is receiving regular updates following the security incident at Trump International Golf Course.
This latest shooting near Trump is nearly two months to the date of the assassination attempt on the former president's life. Trump was shot in the ear during a July 13 rally in Butler, Pa. A man attending the rally, volunteer Fire Department Cat. Corey Comperatore, was killed by the gunman, who was shot dead by a Secret Service sniper.
Fox News Digital confirmed that the Trump National Golf Club is on lockdown as a precaution.
This is a developing story, please check back here for updates.
Fox News Digital's Brooke Singman contributed to this report.
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[✘] Just yesterday I heard a political commentator say he thinks it is finally over for Trump.
Guess what? I think he just got another bump.
It's only news when someone tries to kill a Democrat. When a random loon shoots a democratic congresswoman over her refusal to discuss grammar and lucid dreams, it's a national emergency that the media and popular culture will spend weeks blaming Sarah Palin and Republicans.
When a someone tries to assassinate a a Supreme Court justice, Republican congressmen, and now a Presidential candidate twice in 60 days, it's a blip to be ignored after a few hours. .
This is twice now, and there are no more media puff ups for Harris. Let's see where this takes us.
I can't wait to hear from the FBI.
... sounds like an inside job to me. a desperate act by the campaign to get in front of the negative news cycle created by his disastrous debate performance and the continuing fallout from his VP's "eating cats and dogs" xenophobic memes that are dominating the news cycle.
We are all reassured having them on the case.
thanx, yore two kind ...
wow, that should be a trump campaign slogan...
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What is embarrassing here is the people who don't know right from wrong.
Well I have to agree on that.
I know. You were a witness to it.
Ya!
Galatians 6:7
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap
He sure seemeth to be reaping finally thou certainly seemingly not nearly enough....
Interesting. Wonder when he’s going to get around to smiting me. He’s certainly had ample opportunity.
get in line. he's laying low after getting pushback for saving an unrepentant lowlife sinner and letting a retired fireman catch a slug the last time ...
I don't think he got one after the first 'attempt'
It seems people really don't care about this second 'attempt'
it seems divisive, irresponsible, and unrestrained violent racist rhetoric has consequences ...
Go figure
Two attempts to kill the danger to democracy!
Well, independents, how about it?
How about what? What do independents have to do with nutcases trying to take out Trump?
Just today TiG:
Hakeem Jeffries: "Extreme MAGA Republicans are the party of a national abortion ban and Trump’s Project 2025.
We must stop them."
Time to vote against the rhetoric and lawfare
Again, what do Independents have to do with nutcases trying to shoot Trump?
Are you suggesting that political opposition to extreme MAGA policies is to not be voiced? That the Ds should never again say anything about defeating Trump for fear that someone might grab a gun and try to take matters into his own hands?
Again, YOU WERE TOLD. Read it again, I don't stutter.
That the Ds should never again say anything about defeating Trump for fear that someone might grab a gun and try to take matters into his own hands?
Haven't they built a campaign about him being "a threat to democracy?"
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Don't forget that so far the only nutjob we know about was a registered republican.
The FBI will probably tell us this guy was another Republican.
Exactly and that makes all the difference.
No, that was many other republicans, not just democrats.
That's his VP pick Vance.
Opposed to the 1st Amendment?
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No, you just make vague comments. Be clear. What specifically are you trying to say?
So, again, are you calling for all political rhetoric to be ceased? If so, your candidate will be unable to speak.
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I'm more than clear.
This victim game is pathetic.
Lewd comments about Harris, Melania, etc. are wrong. It does not matter the political affiliation. It is wrong to cast women as sluts, etc. simply because you dislike their politics.
No, Vic, you clearly intentionally refuse to be clear. You are dancing around your point.
They've been nasty & dirty, but it will backfire.
I'm certain that the real independents are going to say FUCK THIS, I'M GONNA VOTE FOR TRUMP.
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Then maybe you ought to apply your defense equally instead of being completely one-sided, THAT is what is pathetic.
What victimhood nonsense. You seem to forget that as soon as Harris was named VP we saw all sorts of jokes about her sleeping her way to the top. And even to the point of literally calling her a 'ho'.
Did you forget that? It is not as if you were the very first person to make a poor-taste joke about a woman.
Another platitude from you. Make an argument instead of pulling from a list of cliches.
Have you ever read anything from me on this site that makes chauvinistic degrading comments about a well known woman? No, because none exist.
So I am quite free to criticize you or anyone else for making such comments on this site.
It isn't nonsense. It is something that you have chosen to ignore.
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What utter nonsense. Jokes about Harris have been going on for almost four years. You are nowhere near the only one to do this.
When you are willing to talk seriously let me know.
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Nothing as far as we can tell, but his political opponents seem to be getting desperate.
What with the hate campaign being carried out by the left against him for the last four years, it's no wonder that some unhinged radical liberal might want to harm Trump and even get rid of him.
The first attempt was by a registered Republican.
Remains to be seen if this shooter is a liberal.
Another conspiracy theory?
By what bizarre logic do you conclude this?
Right? I mean the right has been nothing but nice to Harris/Walz.
/s
When they talk about Trump they are putting his life in danger. When he talks about them it is "mean tweets".
His only political opponents now are Harris and Walz and they had nothing to do with either overarmed dipshit who apparently try to kill Trump. My understanding of today's event is that only the Secret Service fired their weapons not Routh.
Blah, blah blah. Come on Greg. First it was Lincoln, then Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama, Hillary, Trump, Biden and Trump again.
It's a shame that campaigning has come to this by the design of Newt Gingrich, Karl Rowe, Grover Norquist and others.
It's doubly shameful that previously honorable Senators like Linday Graham have sold their souls to the devil.
... uh, the would be shooter was registered unaffiliated.
That would be the liberals and [deleteed.] [✘] That are also the ones trying to destroy our country and our democracy.
OMG
Sounds true enough.
Said by everyone on both sides of the aisle, meaning stop them by voting against the other party.
No conspiracy or call to violence except by that Trump fellow.
Sure will. Can't wait to see it blow up in Trump's nasty and dirty face
Why? Spell it out.
'TIME TO VOTE AGAINST THE RHETORIC'
Wonder how the Haitians feel about that
All true
More than calling her a ho, a bitch, a bastard (?????) and got there on her knees has been repeated along with the sexual favors slurs.
yeah, I'm sure that has nothing to do with the level of vitriol in political discourse today, but I'm willing observe an experiment of maga's reaction with a picture of trump in the crosshairs. sorry, I can't photo shop worth shit, know any volunteers?
What defines real I wonder to some.
2 attempts. 2 failures. And this one, from what's being reported here, seems to be a Harris supporter just like the last one. And I'm told to believe that its the Trump supporters are unhinged.
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utter bullshit easily debunked ...
Turns out this latest (potential) shooter is a deranged leftist, known to law enforcement and the media.
The Story Behind Trump's Second Assassin Took a Strange Turn...and It Involves the Media (townhall.com)
That's a lie. He's maga all the way.
Interesting read for what it is .
but it did give me my new phrase for the day .
when the article quoted someone as calling him a "nutter butter " that made me snort hot coffee.
So the quote of the day ? we have another nutter butter peanut butter sammich cookie running around .
townhall is a christo-fascist media outlet operated by salem media group. a bunch of mentally ill thumpers that promoted the 2020 stolen election story until 6/1/24. it's content shouldn't be allowed on this site.
And yet you didn't. Wonder why.
Yet you failed to back up the claim. Wonder why.
When you can't dispute the information you go after the source. SMH
why even bother.
My guess would be that you can't.
There isnt a single sentence in that article that successfully indicates the man was a "leftist". He was quite the pro Ukraine activist, and was anti-Trump, neither of which makes him a "leftist".
Townhall is not a reliable source.
I'm curious? Did you read, or even look at the article ? If you did , please quote anything in there that you think proves the suspect is a leftist. Put up or shut up time.
I didnt think i was trying to prove he was a leftist , i simply said it was an interesting read for what it is and who its from .
what i do think though for verification , is the guy is definitely a nutter . but that is simply an opinion .
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Lack of paying attention got you again.
There isnt a single sentence in that article that successfully indicates the man was a "leftist". If you think there is , copy and paste that sentence or sentences here. It's simple, Put up or shut up.
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Ok, quote something from the CNN article you linked to that indicates Routh is a leftist. He doesnt like Trump, that appears obvious, but that doesnt make him a leftist. He wanted Ramaswamy and Haley to beat Trump in the primaries, but that is not within a million miles of making him a leftist.
last chance. Show us something.
You want to know what it says, read it. I don't have the time to play pathetic games.
Showed it to you TWICE.
So you cannot quote a single sentence from any article that proves your point. I dont think you even read them.
You want to know what it says, read it.
or should I say, was
Staged, obviously, just like the first one.
Thanks for sharing blueanon's talking points.
Just can’t trust the FBI, eh?
Law enforcement and the FBI says you're wrong, and no, the first one was real. One person died and two were seriously wounded.
If you have someone shooting at your head, your first instinct is to get on the ground, not tell the SS to wait so you can pose for a photo-op...it was staged.
his campaign had a fund raising email out about the attempt before the secret service could get him back to mar-a-lardo. no worries though, the feds will have a bulletproof room waiting for him after thanksgiving ...
Lol.
And how many times has your head been shot at for you to say that with any certainty?
So again, why does this keep happening?
What is your theory?
Let's leave it to the undecided who have watched all this lawfare vs Trump.
Maybe the communists are behind all of this .
Think of all the things Biden, Harris and the media said about it.
Just take a minute.
Who are these 'people' other than just another spayed abstraction?
In the meantime I'll stretch out in the waning sun and be amused by America's latest tradition.
I don't have a theory, hence my question. I do find it interesting that the two presidential candidates to survive an attempted assassination were Republicans. What do you think that means?
a required educational course with the combined subjects of civics, the US constitution, and marksmanship be made mandatory in all schools?
Ya!
yeah, you're probably right. they could fit civics and constitution into the history dept, but combining marksmanship with the soon to be required bible thumper classes would probably rub the thou shalt not crowd the wrong way... /s
karma?
Or perhaps it's just reactionary leftist radicals?....
According to reports, (unverified), he voted for trump in 2016.
How would anyone know his vote?
If he publicly said who he voted for? Social media perhaps?
You tell me or is that just idle speculation?
Well, there you go...
... sour grapes.
Buyer's remorse
a traumatic breakup...
"According to reports, (unverified), he voted for trump in 2016."
Nor very likely, considering his record.
The Story Behind Trump's Second Assassin Took a Strange Turn...and It Involves the Media (townhall.com)
He said he voted for the traitor for the first time.
ptsd
I meant to say in 2016, I don't believe he planned to in 2024.
Ok, is it? You asked a question, I answered it, what's the fucking problem?
Ryan Wesley Routh. He's Caucasian. Not Haitian. Or Muslim. Or Black. Or Hispanic. According to reports, he is 60 years old.
Correction, he is 58 years old.
Maybe he has a Haitian wife.
Maybe he's a conservative who liked Ramaswamy and Haley
Democrats (barring those who are mentally ill) tend to not be the ones toting guns with the intent to assassinate.
and now, for the nutter interpretation -
What the fuck is she smoking?
from what i am reading from different sources , is that this guy was politically cracked to begin with , different reports have differing conclusions all around . my guestimation is that it was only a matter of time before the politics of the day made him snap , and judging from some reports , he was an equal opertunity critic of politicians in general regardless of party or policy .
Too much dust chaff and grain in the wind to see whats the truth of the matter for me at this time due to the rush to speak by those that it might be better to stay silent until things are released ..
PCP or meth
mushrooms
peace and positivity? Seriously????
From what I'm seeing reported, a TDS driven whackjob. One of the local stations is reporting about his rants against Trump and support of Biden and Harris.
yeah, right ...
So you see him as an upstanding Harris supporter. Not really surprising.
Even the bloggers at CNN point out his TDS.
common sense?
that too
I just noticed he had 2016 wrong and had it as 2106 - not that it matters I guess
a combination of all 3
I know the first two were so ridiculous it's easy to forget - all the projection
Most of the mass shooters in the last few decades have been leftist leaning or. sympathizers
prove it. list them. here. now.
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If that is your aim then shame on you. We should, political differences aside, at the very least be able to accept the truth and then perhaps engage in an honest discussion.
These daze, a seemingly forlorn hope.
Yawn. The usual Projection.
I never said it was my aim. But it is fun to watch the tantrums.
Yeah, we both know that won't happen. And we be both know there are some (even here on NT) who are pissed that this clown failed.
“I never said it was my aim. But it is fun to watch the tantrums.”
So you are entertained…equally shameful.
Participation is voluntary.
The facts suggest otherwise.
Generally, attempted assassins / terrorists tend to be either nutcases and/or right leaning.
Republicans and conservatives (barring those who are mentally ill) tend to not be the ones toting guns with the intent to assassinate.
You take a stated fact and perform a factually incorrect elementary school substitution and think this accomplishes something?
The same maturity level as the former 'president'.
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From you I will take that as a compliment.
the FBI still needs to check for dogs and cats in his freezer ... /s
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Having been my high school's marksman champion (and I have previously posted photos of myself receiving the trophy for it), the failures of two such attempts says two things to me. Either the rifles and/or scopes were faulty or the so-called snipers were incompetent.
During the first attempt, Trump seems to have moved right when the shot that hit his ear was being fired.
This time, it's not clear that the gunman ever managed to get a shot off.
The first sentence of the seeded article says: "...gunshots were fired 'in his vicinity". Then the shooter ran, so I doubt that he was just shooting rabbits. I'm sure we'll soon learn more.
I'm reading that the Secret Service fired at him, accounting for the shots fired.
I read somewhere 4 shots fired , and the distance given 300-500 yards , thats right about the max effective range for that type of firearm for a point target .
I've heard on the news he was hiding in the bushes, so how did the Secret Service see him? And whether or not he fired his rifle, why did he flee? You have to admit that at least his intention doesn't appear to be Kosher. Well, as I said, the story has not been fully told yet.
I never said they were kosher. I said it's not clear that he was able to get a shot off. And it's not. I never said he didn't intend to do so.
Educated guess, USSS has access to many "toys" among them some high tech optics of a thermal nature things not available to civilians , after the last attempt in july , im sure that not only has the number of agents assigned been increased , but the amount of gadgets they have has as well.
from what i read , they were actively scouting 2 holes ahead of the group playing checking everything .
I wasn't disagreeing with you, I was just asking you to agree with my concept of what your opinion was, which was right that it wasn't a Kosher situation.
speculation is the shooter was sighting his rifle when an SS agent saw the rifle barrel poking thru the chain link fence and fired.
you mean he wasn't using high tech thermal goggles?
lol
I would be betting both .
i think it is an insult to actual snipers to consider the 2 so far in the same category , gunmen is a more apt description of these 2 .
im just glad those that have tried so far are somewhat firearms illiterate about firearms .
i do think there will be more attempts .
Okay, then if they weren't seasoned snipers, they were awful stupid to even try, although I now realize only the first one actually took the shot, and he wasn't that incompetent to be so close to succeeding. Two sniper movies I've seen recently (and I did enjoy watching them) were Shooter and Jack Reacher so I guess I'm into thinking about snipers. Had I been the right age during my lifetime to serve in a war that Canada was involved in I probably would have been a sniper myself.
It's a scary thought. Even though I think Trump is a horrible person, he does not deserve to be assassinated, jailed maybe, but not assassinated.
thats the thing about political assassinations , one doesnt have to be smart nor the act itself to be considered smart if they think their goals will be achieved and further what they want .
Yeah it is a scary thought , but look at all the political murders that take place because someone thinks eliminating one person betters their sides chances or their hold on power.
There is no place on the planet that is safe from such thinking when it comes to politics .
Another you might want to watch is gemini man with will smith . that one has a twist in it for you , nuff said .
Just remember , movies have a tendency to use artistic license, not everything you see in them are actually able to be done .
Assassinations. Unfortunately, America has had to suffer too many that have succeeded, or have been attempted. Even though I'm a Canadian, JFK's assassination had a deep impact on me.
"artistic licence" Of course, I'd be in the looney bin if I believed all to be accurate or perfect or even true at all. But fantasy and fantasizing are so much fun, are they not? Escaping from reality now and then isn't so bad (as long as it doesn't become permanent).
I was a year and a half old when that happened , not old enough to remember it , but i do remember the people older around me , expressing the feelings of something lost , a promise left unfulfilled, and things left un delivered , top that off with growing up in the Boston area , there is a great mythos about him , and his brother .
The things that might have been , it still exists today to a degree , but not as strong as when i was younger .
Here's information on the suspect -
He sounds like a crackpot nutbag.
the only sure thing that will happen is that the taxpayers are going to be stuck with a million dollar security bill every time that traitorous pile of shit wants to play golf, and all because of the incendiary bullshit that erupts from the biggest hole in his empty skull.
We've had the same bill for the one currently in the WH and his cackling sidekick.
In their minds they think it is.
No... either he will be elected and provided all the security that entails OR he will not be elected and the rhetoric will die down and he'll receive the basic SS as per SOP. He can always afford to stiff some private security company for more protection if he thinks he needs it.
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