{"id":6863,"date":"2026-04-27T15:10:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T15:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heightshowtime.com\/?p=6863"},"modified":"2026-04-27T15:10:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T15:10:22","slug":"timeline-of-trump-assassination-attempts-as-potus-asked-why-it-keeps-happening-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heightshowtime.com\/?p=6863","title":{"rendered":"Timeline of Trump assassination attempts as POTUS asked why it ‘keeps happening’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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With the suspect of the White House Correspondents’ dinner shooting due to appear in court shortly, a timeline of the president’s assassination attempts has been laid out, after a reporter asked Donald Trump why he believes attacks happen so frequently.<\/strong><\/p>\n

President Trump<\/a>\u00a0has confessed that he ‘wasn’t worried’ during\u00a0the incident<\/a>\u00a0that broke out at the White House Correspondents’ dinner, held by members of the press and government officials, on Saturday evening (April 25).<\/p>\n

Federal officers revealed the identity of the suspect as 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen, a ‘game developer and teacher’ from Torrance,\u00a0California<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After investigating his home, a family member came forward with a chilling note that Allen had allegedly sent to his close relatives, just ten minutes before gunshots were fired at\u00a0the Washington Hilton hotel<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Officers rushed government officials to safety (Andrew Harnik\/Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

He allegedly named himself the ‘Friendly Federal Assassin’ in the eerie manifesto, in which he wrote about his targets ‘prioritized from highest-ranking to lowest’, supposedly not including FBI director Kash Patel.<\/p>\n

‘I hate to say I\u2019m honored, but I’ve done a lot’<\/h2>\n

In the short press conference following the shooting, in which a Secret Service agent was saved by his bullet-proof vest, a reporter asked Trump why he believes attacks keep occurring.<\/p>\n

The 79-year-old responded: “I\u2019ve studied assassinations and I must tell you, the most impactful people – the people that do the most… the people that make the biggest impact, those are the ones they go after.”<\/p>\n

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The president said he’s ‘studied assassinations’ (Nathan Howard\/Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

Trump added: “They don\u2019t go after the ones that don\u2019t do much because they like it that way. When you look at the people… whether it was an attempt or successful attempt, they\u2019re very impactful people… They\u2019re big names.”<\/p>\n

The president went as far as to say\u00a0he was ‘honored’<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019ve done a lot,” he continued. “We\u2019ve taken this country and we were a laughing stock for years, now we\u2019re the hottest country anywhere in the\u00a0world<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

Despite the suspect’s motive remaining unknown, it’s not the first time Trump has been at the center of an occasion where gunshots have rang out.<\/p>\n

Timeline of Donald Trump’s assassination attempts<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The president has been involved in a number of security-related incidents since taking office for the second time, including assassination attempts during his presidency and election campaigns.<\/p>\n

July 2024 \u2013 Trump shot at Pennsylvania rally<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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The president avoided death (Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

Trump\u00a0narrowly escaped death<\/a>\u00a0by just seconds as he was shot in the ear at a rally during his 2024 election campaign in Butler County.<\/p>\n

At least five gunshots were fired as Secret Service agents rushed onto the stage to shield him from the attack.<\/p>\n

The shooter was later identified as Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, who was quickly shot dead by federal officers.<\/p>\n

September 2024 \u2013 Second assassination attempt<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Footage showed police arresting Ryan Wesley Routh (Martin County Sheriff’s Office \/ Handout\/Anadolu via Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

It was September 15 when Trump was at his Florida golf resort around 2pm, when gunshots were heard as he moved between holes with Steve Witkoff, the US special envoy to the Middle East.<\/p>\n

The course was swiftly locked down after Secret Service agents spotted a gun in nearby bushes and opened fire.<\/p>\n

The suspect, Ryan Wesley Routh, was later arrested and, in February, was sentenced to life in prison for plotting to kill Trump.<\/p>\n

September 2025 \u2013 Policeman infiltrates Trump\u2019s security team<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Trump at the 2025 Ryder Cup (Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

Melvin Eng, an off-duty New York Police Department officer, showed up at the Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black Course in tactical gear, allegedly posing as part of Trump\u2019s security.<\/p>\n

The policeman was on sick leave with no assignment, but was subsequently suspended pending investigation following the alarming behavior.<\/p>\n

February 2026 \u2013 Gunman killed after crashing security perimeter at Trump’s home<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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The suspect was seen by the north gate of the Florida estate (Joe Raedle\/Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

A man armed with a gas can and shotgun was\u00a0shot dead by Secret Service agents<\/a>\u00a0after crashing into the security perimeter at Mar-a-Lago, while Trump was in Washington.<\/p>\n

The attacker was identified as 21-year-old Austin Tucker Martin, from North Carolina, but his motive remains unclear.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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