On Sunday September 15, 2024 a second assassination attempt of former President, and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, occurred at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida at 1:30pm while on the 5th hole. It was a last minute golf game with his close friend Steve Witkoff. [1, 2, 3, 4]
Secret Service agents “pounced on Trump and covered him” after agents spotted would-be assassin Ryan Routh’s rife muzzle through the fence line a couple of holes ahead of Trump. Secret Service agent fired 4 or 5 shots in the direction of the suspect, causing him to flee, leaving behind the rifle. Trump was reported as safe, no one was hurt.
The suspect, 58-year-old Ryan Wesley Routh, escaped from the scene in a black vehicle but was later apprehended on I-95 in Martin County after a witness, who recognised something was suspicious, followed the vehicle capturing a photo and reported it to the police. [5] Routh’s “cell phone data indicated he arrived at the golf course vicinity at approximately 1:59 a.m., positioning himself for nearly 12 hours before the assassination attempt.”
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) announced that the state will launch its own investigation and not leave it to the federal investigators (FBI & DOJ) which would “limit the potential for federal agencies to tamper with critical evidence”. He issued an Executive Order, but the FBI wouldn’t cooperate. [6]
More about: the gunman’s history, political stance and other information [7, 8, 9, 19, 20]; the media’s inflammatory rhetoric [10, 11, 12, 16]; the Secret Service failures [13, 14, 15] and DOJ/FBI failures [17, 18, 21], that unfold in the weeks after.
The first assassination attempt occurred July 13, 2024, 16 days after Trump’s debate with President Joe Biden on Thursday June 27, 2024. Biden then dropped out of the race July 21, 2024, and Harris stepped in with no Primary voting by the people. This second attempt followed 5 days after the Tuesday, September 10, 2024 ABC debate with Vice President Kamala Harris. Both suspects are ActBlue donors. Other assassination attempts are known and being monitored.