Self, former President Donald Trump of the United States of America had a very lucky escape when an assassination attack was carried out on him yesterday on Saturday at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. The 78-year-old Republican candidate had not even started his speech when there was gunfire, and one bullet wounded his right ear.
Still, dramatic footage shows Trump being mobbed and protected by his Secret Service as the shots were being fired. Combined with a frame-by-frame dissection of the video, it was most probably a casual head turn that prevented Trump from sustaining more grievous injuries as the bullet flew just past his head.
“I got hit with a bullet that entered the top of my right ear,” Trump said; “Much Bleeding Took Place,” he later recounted on his Truth Social media platform.
The shooting where one event participant was killed and two others severely injured has become a significant event in the 2024 presidential campaign.
According to reports, the suspected shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, is a 20-year-old Republican. Crooks was neutralized, though he perished on the scene after gunning down several Secret Service agents by aiming at them from the rooftop of a building adjacent to the restaurant.
It is peculiar to emphasize that the presumable shooting of the US president and/or major party candidate has not taken place since the attempt on Reagan’s life in 1981. Undoubtedly, it is also set to increase the already existing apprehensions over the protection of politicians and further polarization of American politics.
Cassius Who? Trump was quickly shuttled to safety and later to his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey. About this candidate, the campaign stated that he was ‘okay’ and that the only injury that he sustained were a bullet to the ear.
This shameless act will most certainly recast the race for the 2024 presidency and bring new issues fundamental to the safety of individuals who aspire for the presidency of the United States of America.
