Trump survives another assassination attempt, FBI probes incident

Trump survives another assassination attempt, FBI probes incident

The FBI says it is investigating an incident involving a gunman at former US President Donald Trump’s golf course in Florida as an attempt to assassinate
the Republican presidential nominee in November poll.

Trump however says he is “safe and well” after gunshots were fired in his vicinity in West Palm Beach, Florida.
He had earlier survived an assassination attempt. It was on July 13 during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

Law enforcement officials on Sunday said agents spotted a gunman with a rifle at the golf course, fired at him and eventually took him into custody after he tried to flee.
US President Joe Biden says he and Vice President Kamala Harris are “relieved” that Trump was not hurt in the incident.

Reactions
Republican congressman calls incident ‘shocking and unacceptable’
Mike Carey says he is praying for Trump’s safety.
“Now more than ever, we cannot allow violence to seep into politics,” Carey, who represents a district in Ohio, wrote in a social media post.

More political violence likely before election
Speaking to Al Jazeera, Colin Clarke, a director of research at the Soufan Group, has said today’s incident is the latest reminder of the persistent threat of political violence in the US.

The FBI has said it is investigating the incident as an “attempted assassination”, as it did following the attack on Trump in July.

“We’re in a highly polarised political climate. We live in a country awash with weaponry, and there’s a constant threat stream – an unending, incessant, ubiquitous threat stream against the top political figures,” Clarke said.

“So I’m not surprised at all, and I hate to be the bearer of bad news. This is probably not the last form of political violence that we’re going to see between now and November, to say nothing of what happens after the election.”