Former President Donald Trump is safe as law enforcement responds to West Palm Beach, Florida, after what the FBI now says was an apparent second assassination attempt against Trump this year.
Trump, who survived a gunshot wound in Butler, Pennsylvania, at a rally in mid-July, was golfing on his course in West Palm Beach on Sunday. Law enforcement officials apparently encountered a man who had attempted to assassinate Trump there.
There are conflicting details and reports pouring out of official and unofficial sources, but Trump’s eldest son Donald Trump Jr. said on social media that an AK-47 was smuggled into the bushes on the golf course.
There are other reports that the man had also smuggled a Go-Pro camera, presumably to film an effort to do so.
Trump’s campaign had said in a statement that Trump is safe after gunshots were fired in his vicinity. It’s unclear who fired the shots, and it’s also unclear at this time what the situation with the alleged gunman is–whether he is alive or dead, in custody or not, and more.
Law enforcement officials, per the U.S. Secret Service, from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s office, will soon brief media.
Follow along here on Breitbart News for live breaking news and analysis from this situation.
UPDATE 9:46 p.m. ET:
Separately from this incident, CNN is reporting that Trump’s inner circle were informed by intelligence officials this week that foreign adversaries of the U.S. have been targeting them:
https://x.com/kaitlancollins/status/1835452790119735458
Specifically, the Iranians seem to be at the center of efforts to target Trump and those around him. Again, this is unrelated to this incident it appears, but noteworthy nonetheless given the rising level of danger around Trump.
UPDATE 9:40 p.m. ET:
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has announced the state of Florida will conduct its own investigation into what happened separate from the federal investigation:
https://x.com/GovRonDeSantis/status/1835476568212201744
UPDATE 9:38 p.m. ET:
The U.K. Daily Mail interviewed the son of the would-be assassin and he confirmed his dad does in fact “hate” Donald Trump.
From the Daily Mail piece:
He said his father hates Trump as ‘every reasonable person does.
‘I don’t like Trump either,’ the son added.
But he said his dad is not a violent person and couldn’t believe his father would target the president.
‘He’s my dad and all he’s had is couple traffic tickets, as far as I know,’ the son said. ‘That’s crazy. I know my dad and love my dad, but that’s nothing like him.’
UPDATE 9:36 p.m. ET:
President Joe Biden has finally weighed in:
https://x.com/POTUS/status/1835481457411645575
UPDATE 8:25 p.m. ET:
Susie Wiles and Chris LaCivita sent this letter to all campaign staff on Sunday evening, per a campaign source who provided the text of it to Breitbart News:
Susie and I want to share a brief update on the incident that occurred today in West Palm Beach.
Today, for the second time in two months, an evil monster attempted to take the life of President Trump. Thankfully, no one was injured at the Golf Course. President Trump and everyone accompanying him are safe thanks to the great work of the United States Secret Service.
This is not a matter that we take lightly. Your safety is always our top priority. We ask that you remain vigilant in your daily comings and goings. Be observant and maintain a constant level of situational awareness. We urge you to always follow direction from law enforcement, including USSS, local police, and office armed security guards.
As we enter the last 50 days of President Trump’s campaign, we must remember that we will only be able Save America from those who seek to destroy it by working together as one team. President Trump and Senator Vance expect the best from us, and we must perform every day.
As always, we are appreciative of your fortitude, strength, and dedication.
We will win this November.
Chris and Susie
UPDATE 8:15 p.m. ET:
The suspect conducted multiple interviews with major media outlets including the New York Times:
https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1835458832522268874
And Semafor:
https://x.com/JordanSchachtel/status/1835442917411901506
UPDATE 7:47 p.m. ET:
Edward Snowden suggested that there is likely a lot more to this story than it looks:
https://x.com/Snowden/status/1835460582855631350
UPDATE 7:42 p.m. ET:
On CNN just now, Marc Caputo confirmed the X account in question is in fact Routh’s account.
It’s worth noting that Kamala Harris, the Democrat nominee for president this year, has used the exact same phraseology as the would-be Trump assassin.
“Democracy is on the ballot,” is something both Harris–on Facebook in early in July–and Routh, in an X post this spring, said publicly–verbatim.
UPDATE 7:37 p.m. ET:
There need to be some pretty serious questions answered in the aftermath of this second assassination attempt against Trump, and how the would-be assassins could have gotten as far along in the processes as they did to go after Trump. One time might seem like a mistake, but two times seems like more than a coincidence. How did these would-be assassins get this close and find these weaknesses in the security plans around Trump and come this close two different times in two different months? Is there something more to it than it looks? People will want to get to the bottom of that question and soon.
UPDATE 7:32 p.m. ET:
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