The life of the president of the United States has been threatened again. Donald Trump suffered an attempted attack this Saturday during the White House correspondents’ dinner after an armed man, who was intercepted and detained, tried to enter the event.
After the attempt perpetrated by a man who has already been identified, the US president, along with Melania Trump, JD Vance, Washington political figures and journalists, was abruptly evacuated from the event. The noise of the gunshots caused the Secret Service to act quickly due to fears that the president could be harmed.
And it is about the third murder attempt in less than two years. A situation that shows that Donald Trump has been in the spotlight since his return to the presidency of the United States.
This has been the three murder attempts
Although Trump has not suffered damage on this last occasion, the truth is that the president has already touched tragedy. It was the first assassination attempt. on July 13, 2024when the American president was giving a rally for his campaign ahead of the elections that same year.
In the middle of the speech in Pennsylvania, shots were heard that paralyzed the rally. The Secret Service pounced on the president to protect him and moments later, Trump stood up with a slightly bloody face. And one of the shooter’s shots grazed him, causing a small cut.
After that episode, Trump once again saw his life in danger. In September of that same year, the Secret Service had to intervene again after finding an individual hiding in some bushes with an AK-47 assault rifle. The suspect was loitering nearby and was forced to flee after authorities opened fire on him.
And finally, the assassination attempt at the Washington Hilton hotelbeing the third one he survives. The president and his wife were evacuated from the premises after the sound of gunshots. Both have emerged unharmed and, according to various media reports, the attacker has been killed after shooting an agent.
Trump explains how he experienced the moment
After the event, the president went to a press conference to explain the events. As clarified, the individual was “intercepted” after trying to break through the security of the event armed with a long weapon.
“It could have been the sound of a tray or a bullet“said the president accompanied by the first lady, Melania Trump, the director of the FBI, Kash Patel, and the acting attorney general, Todd Blanche.
“It was very far away, he was in no way close to passing through the doors of the room. The room was sealed“confirmed the president, who said that this possible assassination attempt was handled professionally by the Secret Service, while the FBI is investigating witnesses.
Additionally, Trump has stated that the Secret Service acted in a manner “very fast” and better than in the case of Butler’s rally (Pennsylvania) in July 2024 in which he was shot and wounded by a sniper.
“I was never told that this was such a dangerous profession.. If Marco (Rubio) had told me, maybe I would have gotten over this,” joked the president, who published photos of the attacker detained on the ground after his attempted attack.
A climate of growing tension in the United States
The increase in political tension in the United States has reached a new critical point after the third attempted attack against President Donald Trump in just two years. This is a key factor that shows the climate of tension that the country is going through for several years, marked by growing polarization, growing institutional distrust, and increasingly confrontational public discourse.