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'{{Short description|none}}<!-- This short description is INTENTIONALLY "none" - please see WP:SDNONE before you consider changing it! --> {{use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Donald Trump series|expanded=Business and personal}} [[Donald Trump]], the 45th [[president of the United States]], has been involved in security incidents before, during, and after his time in office, including assassination threats because he is a skibidi un rizzler and attempts. The first known attempt occurred at a campaign rally a few weeks before Trump became the official [[Presidential nominee|nominee]] of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] in the [[2016 United States presidential election|2016 presidential election]]. The most significant incident was [[Attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Pennsylvania|an attempt to assassinate Trump at a campaign rally]] during the [[2024 United States presidential election|2024 presidential election]], which resulted in two deaths (including [[Thomas Matthew Crooks|the would-be assassin]]) and an injury to Trump's ear. Another assassination attempt took place in [[Attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Florida|September 2024 at the Trump International Golf Club]]. == 2016 incident at Dayton Ohio rally == A man was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct as he broke over the police barricade and attempted to rush the stage. He was tackled by the secret service.<ref>{{cite web |title=Trump Surrounded by Secret Service as Man Tries Rushing Stage |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/donald-trump-calls-protests-chicago-rally-planned-attack/story?id=37601079 |website=ABC News}}</ref> == 2016 incident at Las Vegas rally == {{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, who was arrested and handed over to the United States Secret Service, where he expressed his desire to murder Trump. Sandford was sentenced to 12 months and one day's imprisonment, along with being fined $200. After becoming eligible for early release, Sandford 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." This caused Trump to be rushed off stage by security, and the man was tackled by surrounding members of the crowd. The man was subdued by Secret Service agents and searched, only to find that he was unarmed. Crites, a Republican who opposed Trump, was holding up a sign shortly before that stated "Republicans against Trump". Crites stated that 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|access-date=November 5, 2021|archive-date=November 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108105702/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/11/05/donald-trump-jr-and-top-aide-retweet-baseless-allegation-of-assassination-attempt/|url-status=live}}</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|access-date=November 5, 2021|archive-date=November 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110015613/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|url-status=live}}</ref> == 2017 forklift attack attempt == On September 6, 2017, in [[Mandan, North Dakota]], Gregory Lee Leingang stole a [[forklift]] from an oil refinery and attempted to drive it 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, Leingang 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 had assumed he was stealing 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 |access-date=November 5, 2021 |archive-date=November 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107192954/https://www.ajc.com/news/national/north-dakota-man-pleads-guilty-using-stolen-forklift-trump-assassination-attempt/ZdOibaDSJ9D6TdWm4H0yRJ/ |url-status=live }}</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 |access-date=November 5, 2021 |archive-date=September 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902183643/https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/12/03/inside-one-mans-failed-plan-use-stolen-forklift-assassinate-trump/ |url-status=live }}</ref> == 2018 ricin poisoning 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 pleaded 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|access-date=November 5, 2021|archive-date=November 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107194751/https://www.wionews.com/photos/ricin-filled-tales-criminals-who-sent-poisoned-envelopes-to-presidents-328777#william-clyde-allen-iii-328768|url-status=live}}</ref> == 2020 ricin poisoning attempt == On September 20, 2020, 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 was charged with eight counts each of prohibitions with respect to biological weapons and making threats via interstate commerce and faced 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 |access-date=November 5, 2021 |archive-date=November 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107104848/https://www.wric.com/news/canadian-woman-accused-of-mailing-ricin-to-trump-valley-officials-indicted/ |url-status=live }}</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 |access-date=November 5, 2021 |archive-date=November 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211105201651/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-54255727 |url-status=live }}</ref> On August 17, 2023, a US court sentenced Ferrier to nearly 22 years in prison.<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 == {{Main|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 [[Hanging|kill by hanging]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/10/28/militia-member-helped-feds-infiltrate-whitmer-kidnap-crew-fbi-says/6060368002/|title=Whitmer kidnap plotter also wanted to hang Trump, other politicians, FBI says|first1=Robert |last1=Snell |first2=Craig |last2=Mauger |first3=George |last3=Hunter |website=The Detroit News|access-date=2023-10-20|archive-date=2021-10-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211015221839/https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/10/28/militia-member-helped-feds-infiltrate-whitmer-kidnap-crew-fbi-says/6060368002/|url-status=live}}</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|archive-date=28 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221228193942/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64112234|url-status=live}}</ref> == 2024 assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania == {{Main|Attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Pennsylvania}} [[File:Thomas Matthew Crooks rifle.webp|thumb|The rifle used by Crooks in the attempted assassination]] On July 13, 2024, [[Thomas Matthew Crooks]] fired shots into a Trump rally from an elevated position outside the venue while Trump was giving a speech near [[Butler, Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Terkel |first=Amanda |date=13 July 2024 |title=Secret Service rushes Trump off stage after shots fired at his Pennsylvania rally |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/secret-service-rushes-trump-stage-shots-fired-pennsylvania-rally-rcna161735 |access-date=13 July 2024 |work=NBC News |archive-date=14 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240714023313/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/secret-service-rushes-trump-stage-shots-fired-pennsylvania-rally-rcna161735 |url-status=live }}</ref> Trump was injured and was bleeding from his right ear after the shooting.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Meyer |first1=Matt |last2=Shelton |first2=Shania |last3=B. Powell |first3=Tori |date=July 13, 2024 |title=Live updates: The latest on the 2024 campaign|url=https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/election-biden-trump-07-13-24/index.html |access-date=July 13, 2024 |publisher=[[CNN]]|language=en |archive-date=July 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240713222828/https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/election-biden-trump-07-13-24/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Crooks, as well as a rally attendee, were killed, while another two were left injured.<ref name="AP news 12">{{Cite news |title=Live updates: Shooter dead, rally attendee killed and Trump whisked off stage after gunshots ring out at rally |url=https://apnews.com/live/election-biden-trump-campaign-updates-07-13-2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240713222136/https://apnews.com/live/election-biden-trump-campaign-updates-07-13-2024 |archive-date=July 13, 2024 |access-date=2024-07-13 |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |language=en-US}}</ref> == 2024 assassination attempt at Trump International Golf Club == {{Main|Attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Florida}} [[File:Second Body-Cam Footage Of Ryan Wesley Routh arrest.webm|thumb|Body-cam footage of Routh's arrest]] On September 15, 2024, [[Ryan Wesley Routh]] was sighted bearing a rifle in shrubs at the [[Trump International Golf Club, West Palm Beach|Trump International Golf Club]] in [[West Palm Beach, Florida]], while Donald Trump was golfing at the club. Secret Service officers shot at Routh, who fled. The suspect was apprehended while driving away. The FBI was investigating it as an assassination attempt.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/15/politics/donald-trump-safe-shots/index.html|date=September 15, 2024|title=Trump safe after being targeted in second apparent assassination attempt}}</ref> Authorities later confirmed that the suspect did indeed wish to kill the former President.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Trump golf-course suspect left note saying he intended to kill ex-president - FBI |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c89ly20vvgvo |access-date=2024-09-23 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en-GB}}</ref> == 2024 incident at Coachella rally == On October 12, 2024, a man was arrested near a checkpoint at a Donald Trump rally in [[Coachella, California]]. The man had possessed two firearms and ammunition, multiple passports with different names, and an unregistered vehicle with a fake license plate.<ref>{{cite web|work=[[Associated Press]]|date=13 October 2024|title=Man with loaded gun arrested at checkpoint near Donald Trump’s weekend rally in Southern California|url=https://apnews.com/article/trump-rally-arrest-coachella-california-282a384e3fae256352c685174a3a74f4}}</ref> On the same day, he was released after posting a $5,000 bail.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=114766482 | title=Man arrested with loaded guns near Trump's Coachella rally, sheriff says | publisher=ABC News | date=13 October 2024 | accessdate=20 October 2024 | last1=Thomas| first1= Pierre | last2=Barr| first2=Luke | last3=Murphy| first3=Tracie | language=en | quote=Upon his arrest by local police, the man made no threats aimed at Trump and federal investigators have found no threatening material targeting Trump, sources told ABC News. There are indications on social media that he supports Trump and was at the RNC, according to sources. The individual ... claimed to be a member of the press to pass through the event's outer security perimeter. | website=ABC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Homem armado é preso perto de comício de Trump na Califórnia |url=https://g1.globo.com/mundo/noticia/2024/10/13/homem-preso-comicio-trump-na-california.ghtml |website=G1 |access-date=13 October 2024 |language=pt |date=13 October 2024}}</ref> == See also == * [[Iranian plot to assassinate Donald Trump]] == 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]] [[Category:2023 in the United States]] [[Category:2024 in the United States]]'