President Donald Trump’s decade in national politics has been continuously haunted by gunshots, armed stalkers and thwarted plots.Two years after surviving a sniper's bullet in Butler, Pennsylvania, the president continues to navigate an unprecedented series of assassination attempts.From his early campaign trail to the most recent security breach at Trump National Golf Club in Rancho Palos Verdes, the president has been threatened by a steady stream of danger through his second term.TWO YEARS AFTER BUTLER, THREATS AGAINST TRUMP KEEP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT IN SHARP FOCUSRepublican presidential candidate, former U.S.President Donald Trump is whisked away by the Secret Service after shots rang out at a campaign rally at Butler Farm Show Inc.
on July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania.(Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)Michael Steven Sandford, a British national, tried to pull a Las Vegas police officer’s handgun from its holster while then-candidate Trump spoke at a campaign rally.According to court documents, Sandford told investigators he had traveled to Las Vegas intending to kill Trump and had practiced firing a rented handgun at a shooting range the previous day.
Officers immediately subdued him, and no one was injured.Police removing Michael Sandford in June 2016 in Las Vegas.(AP Photo/John Locher, File)Sandford pleaded guilty to federal firearm and disruption charges and was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison.Gregory Lee Leingang stole a forklift and drove it into a restricted area near the route planned for Trump’s motorcade before the president’s appearance at a refinery.Prosecutors said Leingang intended to use the forklift to overturn the presidential limousine and kill Trump.U.S.
President Donald Trump addresses a tax reform event with workers at the Andeavor Refinery in Mandan, North Dakota, U.S., Sept.6, 2017. (REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst)The forklift became stuck inside a gated area before the motorcade arrived, and Leingang abandoned it and fl...