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'{{Short description|Assassination attempts and threats against the 45th president of the United States, Donald Trump}} <!-- This short description is INTENTIONALLY "none" - please see WP:SDNONE before you consider changing it! --> [[Donald Trump]], the 45th [[president of the United States]], was involved in numerous security incidents, including assassination threats and attempts. The first known attempt occurred before Trump was the official [[Republican Party (United States)| Republican]] nominee, at a campaign rally during the [[2016 United States presidential election| 2016 presidential election]]. [[Image:Donald Trump official portrait.jpg|thumb|Trump's official portrait.]] == 2016 Las Vegas rally incident == {{Main|2016 Donald Trump Las Vegas rally incident}} On June 18, 2016, Trump was giving a speech at the [[Treasure Island Hotel and Casino]] in [[Las Vegas]], [[Nevada]] as part of his presidential campaign. During the speech, Michael Steven Sandford, a 20-year-old British man, attempted to grab a [[Las Vegas Metropolitan Police]] officer's pistol. The officer quickly subdued Sandford and he was arrested and handed over to the United States Secret Service, where he expressed his desire to murder Trump, claiming if he (Trump) were on the street tomorrow, he would try this again. Sandford was later sentenced to 12 months and one day's imprisonment, along with being fined $200. After becoming eligible for early release, Sanford was released and deported to the United Kingdom in May 2017. == 2016 Reno "gun" scare == On November 5, 2016, three days before the presidential election, Trump was speaking at a rally in [[Reno, Nevada]] when a man in the crowd screamed "gun", causing Trump to be rushed off stage by security and the man to be tackled by surrounding members in the crowd. The man, identified as 33-year-old Austyn Daniel Crites, was subdued by Secret Service agents and searched, only to find that he was unarmed. Crites, who was a Republican that opposed Trump, was holding up a sign shortly before that stated "Republicans against Trump"; Crites stated others attempted to grab the sign and were booing him. After the scene was cleared and identified as safe, Trump returned to the stage minutes later and finished the speech without incident.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/11/05/donald-trump-jr-and-top-aide-retweet-baseless-allegation-of-assassination-attempt/|website=washingtonpost.com|title=Trump campaign isn't apologizing for suggesting Reno scene was assassination attempt|date=November 6, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-vows-go-to-democratic-states-as-early-voting-numbers-surge-in-nevada/2016/11/05/5fde6c7c-a366-11e6-8832-23a007c77bb4_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_no-name%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&itid=lk_inline_manual_3|website=washingtonpost.com|title=Trump rushed off stage in Reno by security, but quickly returns|date=November 6, 2016}}</ref> == 2017 forklift attempt == On September 6, 2017 in [[Mandan, North Dakota]], 42-year-old Gregory Lee Leingang stole a [[forklift]] from an oil refinery and attempted to drive toward the presidential [[motorcade]] while Trump was visiting to rally public support. After the forklift became jammed within the refinery, he fled on foot and was arrested by the pursuing police. While interviewed in detention, he admitted his intent to murder the president by flipping the [[Presidential state car (United States)|presidential limousine]] with the stolen forklift, to the surprise of authorities, who suspected he was merely thieving the vehicle for personal use. Leingang pleaded guilty to the attempted attack, stealing the forklift, related charges and several other unrelated crimes on the same day. Consequently, he was sentenced to 20 years in prison. His defense attorney noted a "serious psychiatric crisis".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ajc.com/news/national/north-dakota-man-pleads-guilty-using-stolen-forklift-trump-assassination-attempt/ZdOibaDSJ9D6TdWm4H0yRJ/ |website=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |title=North Dakota man pleads guilty to using stolen forklift in Trump assassination attempt|date=December 11, 2018}}</ref><ref name="WAPOLeingang">{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/12/03/inside-one-mans-failed-plan-use-stolen-forklift-assassinate-trump/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |title=Inside one man's failed plan to use a stolen forklift to assassinate Trump| date=December 3, 2018}}</ref> == 2018 ricin attempt == On October 1, 2018, an envelope laced with [[ricin]] was sent to Trump before being discovered by mailing facilities. Several other letters were sent to the Pentagon, all of them labeled on the front with "Jack and the Missile Bean Stock Powder". Two days later on October 3, a 39-year-old [[Utah]] Navy veteran named William Clyde Allen III was arrested and charged with one count of mailing a threat against the president and five counts of mailing threatening communications to an officer or an employee of the United States. Allen pled not guilty to all charges.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wionews.com/photos/ricin-filled-tales-criminals-who-sent-poisoned-envelopes-to-presidents-328777#william-clyde-allen-iii-328768|website=wionews.com|title=Ricin-filled tales: Criminals who sent poisoned envelopes to Presidents| date= November 5, 2021}}</ref> == 2020 ricin attempt == On September 20, 2020, 53-year-old Pascale Cecile Veronique Ferrier was arrested in [[Buffalo, New York]] while attempting to cross over the [[Canada–United States border|border]] to [[Canada]]. Ferrier, who is Canadian, wrote in a ricin-laced letter to Trump that he should drop out of the ongoing [[2020 United States presidential election| 2020 presidential election]] along with calling him an "ugly tyrant clown". She is charged with eight counts each of prohibitions with respect to biological weapons and making threats via interstate commerce and faces up to life in prison.<ref>{{cite web |last=Gomez-Patino |first=Elizabeth |date=December 15, 2020 |title=Canadian woman accused of mailing ricin to Trump, Valley officials indicted |url=https://www.wric.com/news/canadian-woman-accused-of-mailing-ricin-to-trump-valley-officials-indicted/ |website=wric.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=September 22, 2020 |title=Pascale Ferrier: White House ricin package suspect in court |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-54255727 |website=BBC}}</ref> On August 17, 2023, a US court sentenced Ferrier to nearly 22 years in prison for sending a letter containing lethal ricin to then-President Donald Trump.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Jiménez |first=Jesus |date=2023-08-17 |title=Woman Who Mailed Ricin to Trump Is Sentenced to 21 Years in Prison |language=en |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/17/us/ricin-letter-trump-2020-sentencing.html |url-status=live |access-date=2023-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230818045905/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/17/us/ricin-letter-trump-2020-sentencing.html |archive-date=18 August 2023}}</ref> ==2020 Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping plot== In October 2020, it was reported that Barry Croft Jr, a [[Delaware]] man who was arrested for his involvement in the [[Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping plot|kidnapping plot]] against [[Governor of Michigan|Michigan Governor]] [[Gretchen Whitmer]], included Trump in a list of politicians he wanted to hang.<ref>https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/10/28/militia-member-helped-feds-infiltrate-whitmer-kidnap-crew-fbi-says/6060368002/</ref> In December 2022, Croft was sentenced to 19 years in prison.<ref>{{Cite web|title=19-year sentence for second ringleader in Michigan governor kidnap plot|work=[[BBC News]]|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64112234 |date=28 December 2022|accessdate=10 December 2023}}</ref> == 2023 death threat == Tracy Marie Fiorenza, a former social studies teacher from [[Plainfield, Illinois]], was arrested on August 21, 2023, after reportedly threatening to kill both Trump and his 17-year-old son [[Barron Trump|Barron]]. She had been stopped and questioned by police months earlier outside Barron's school in Florida.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.newsweek.com/who-tracy-marie-fiorenza-woman-charged-threatening-kill-trump-1821423 | title=Who is Tracy Marie Fiorenza? Woman charged with threatening to kill Trump | website=[[Newsweek]] | date=21 August 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/criminal-justice/ct-chicago-woman-threatened-to-kill-donald-trump-son-barron-federal-charges-20230821-vysgegd4wbhmbltqkzbhy677lu-story.html | title=Chicago woman arrested on federal charges she threatened to kill Donald Trump | website=[[Chicago Tribune]] | date=21 August 2023 }}</ref> == See also == *[[Security incidents involving George W. Bush]] *[[Security incidents involving Barack Obama]] == References == {{reflist}} {{US Presidential Assassination Attempts}} [[Category:Attempted assassinations of presidents of the United States|Trump]] [[Category:Presidency of Donald Trump]] [[Category:2016 in the United States]] [[Category:2017 in the United States]] [[Category:2018 in the United States]] [[Category:2020 in the United States]]'