There seems to have been an assassination attempt on the former president of the United States of America Thursday during a campaign speech in Butler, Pennsylvania. A recent video filmed behind the curtain gave insight into actions that took place before and after the shooting began; it depicted the havoc that followed.
Self-adjustable sources have said that Trump, now 78, had just started his speech when the sounds of gunshots were heard, one of which hit the former president in the ear. News clips illustrate Trump’s instinctively clutches to his right ear, blood-stained face, then his falling to his knee behind the podium, with his security personnel surrounding him.
The FBI has since linked the alleged shooter to 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks from Bethel Park, Pennsylvania; the young man is a registered Republican. But for now, and as the authorities have also said, they have not established a motive for the attack.
Trump spilled out from the fray, his ‘Make America Great Again’ cap slightly askew; he was seen pumping his fist triumphantly in the air before being rapidly safely led by the Secret Service. Attempted assassination soon followed, and he went back to post on his Truth Social account, “I was hit with a bullet that had gone through the right lateral upper part of my head. ”
The tragic event that unfolded, in which one of the participants of a political rally was killed and the two others were hospitalized, poses a threat to the political stability of the state; leaders from other countries are expressing their condolences to the killed and injured and urged to stop using violence in political struggles.
The current probe of the shooting will continue to influence the upcoming 2024 presidential election, where you will see Trump re-contesting with the incumbent Democratic President, Joe Biden.
