US Trump is ‘safe following gunshots in his vicinity,’ campaign says in statement - An AK-47 was discovered in the bushes, per local law enforcement

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The Trump campaign on Sunday said former President Donald Trump is “safe following gunshots in his vicinity.”

“President Trump is safe following gunshots in his vicinity. No further details at this time,” Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung said in a statement that did not provide additional details.

The former president was playing golf at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach. The course was immediately locked down, according to a source familiar.

The Secret Service said on X that it is working with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office to investigate a protective incident involving Trump. The Secret Service said the incident occurred shortly before 2 p.m.

This story is breaking and will be updated.

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Trump taken to safety after Secret Service opens fire on man with possible gun at his Palm Beach golf club​


Donald Trump was taken to safety by the Secret Service after agents opened fire on a man who was spotted with what may have been a gun while the former president was on the links, according to law enforcement sources.

Sources said the Secret Service spotted a suspicious individual on the Trump International Golf Course West Palm Beach, and opened fire when agents saw what appeared to be the barrel of a gun.

It’s not clear whether the man was on the course or near it.

An agent opened fire, shooting multiple times.

“President Trump is safe following gunshots in his vicinity. No further details at this time,” Trump spokesman Steven Cheung said Sunday afternoon.

The man was later arrested by local police on I-95.

It comes almost exactly two months after Thomas Matthew Crooks shot Trump at a rally in Butler, Pa. on July 13 — wounding him in the ear.

Sen. Lindsey Graham took to X minutes after news of the shooting broke to laud the former president for his fortitude.

“Just spoke with President Trump. He is one of the strongest people I’ve ever known. He’s in good spirits and he is more resolved than ever to save our country.”

The West Palm Beach course is about five miles inland from Mar-a-Lago, which Trump dubbed the “Winter White House.”

The Secret Service — which came under widespread criticism following the July assassination attempt — wrote on X that it was investigating a “protective incident” involving the former president that occurred shortly before 2 p.m.

The agency said it’s coordinating with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s office on the investigation.

Initial reports suggested two people were firing at each other. However, sources said investigators now believe the Secret Service agent was the only shooter.

The man’s motives are not yet known. He was arrested by Palm Beach County sheriff’s deputies.

The White House issued a statement soon after 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.”

This is a developing story.

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>This man owned a Dubya-Em-Dee during George Dubya Bush's reign AFTER 9/11 and he wasn't put in jail for life
>This man owned a Dubya-Em-Dee, had a three hour armed standoff with the police after barricading himself inside a store and was still allowed to own a gun
Merveilleux.
 
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All Smiles said:
This will be forgotten in 3 days. The glowies will give donnie another tap on the shoulder to forbid him from using it to make political hay.

We had 6+ months of riots because tyrone overdosed, and we had a mass acceleration of censorship after a fat bitch had a heart attack at charlottsville. A former president, one of the most well known people on the face of the earth survives two assassination attempts, and nothing will happen. The right is so cucked into submission it's actually quite impressive.

Oh, and if this had happened to hillary or obama right before an election, the swamp would go ballistic. It would be used as justification to do absolutely anything they want. They would never stop talking about it. Charlottesville was a complete nothingburger, and they still bring it up every second day. Imagine if they actually had something real to grasp onto.
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There are attempts on US elected officials all the time. It's just the policy of the US government not to advertise it.
 
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Soycast Guy said:
Three times. They tried to crash his plane after the first attempt which got (of course) buried.
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I see people mentioning this, but I've never heard about it. All I can find online is a wing-clip incident during taxiing on the runway. Only other thing mentioned recently was a divert due to a mechanical fault. May I ask what happened exactly?
 
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DoNotFeedTheSneed said:
Jones is wrong. There's no way someone would be able to afford a 10,000 dollar dragunov when they're donating all of their money to Ukraine. Looks like an SKS with a shitty tapco stock and a chinese optic. 500 dollars max.

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Have a SKS. That looks like it's gas piston. Not angled enough to be a AK. A AK looks like this, piston on top:
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This will be forgotten in 3 days. The glowies will give donnie another tap on the shoulder to forbid him from using it to make political hay.

We had 6+ months of riots because tyrone overdosed, and we had a mass acceleration of censorship after a fat bitch had a heart attack at charlottsville. A former president, one of the most well known people on the face of the earth survives two assassination attempts, and nothing will happen. The right is so cucked into submission it's actually quite impressive.

Oh, and if this had happened to hillary or obama right before an election, the swamp would go ballistic. It would be used as justification to do absolutely anything they want. They would never stop talking about it. Charlottesville was a complete nothingburger, and they still bring it up every second day. Imagine if they actually had something real to grasp onto.
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Jan 6? A few rightoid knocked over a stanchion? AOC trembled in her desk (3 blocks away), still brought up today!
 
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I wonder, do the chances of further attempts increase or decrease with each subsequent attempt? There are probably a lot of deranged people who would revel at being the guy in the history books who killed Trump.
 
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