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| alt = A man with his fist held above his head with blood on his ear and cheek. An American flag flutters in the air behind him. Two federal agents shield and escort him.
| type = [[Photojournalism]]
| artist = [[Evan Vucci]]
| medium = [[Digital photography]]
| subject = [[Donald Trump]] gesturing while being escorted away by Secret Service agents after [[attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Pennsylvania|his attempted assassination]]
| year = 2024
| owner = [[Associated Press]]
| caption = One of the photographs in the series
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[[Evan Vucci]], an American [[photojournalism|photojournalist]], captured a series of photographs of [[Donald Trump]], a [[former president of the United States]] and the then [[presumptive nominee]] of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] who would win the [[2024 United States presidential election|2024 presidential election]], with blood on his face and [[raised fist|raising his right fist]] shortly after he was shot during [[attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Pennsylvania|an assassination attempt]] at a political rally near [[Butler, Pennsylvania]], on July 13, 2024. In some of the photos, Trump's mouth is open as he says "Fight!"; in others, Trump's mouth is closed. The photographs were reposted widely on social media and received substantial press coverage; commentators praised their composition and predicted they would become iconic images of an era.
[[File:Shooting of Donald Trump.webp|thumb|right|One of Vucci's photographs, depicting a partially bloodied Trump being carried to safety by Secret Service agents with a raised fist and an American flag waving in the background]]
American professional photographer [[Evan Vucci]] took photographs of [[Donald Trump]] with a [[raised fist]] shortly after [[Attempted assassination of Donald Trump|an assassination attempt]] in [[Butler, Pennsylvania]] on July 13, 2024. Having heard the initial barrage of shots, Vucci quickly rushed across the podium to take candid photos of Trump being rushed off stage by Secret Service.


== Background ==
==Background==
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At a campaign rally in [[Butler, Pennsylvania]], on July 13, 2024, former US President [[Donald Trump]], the presumptive [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] nominee for president in the [[2024 United States presidential election]], was shot in an [[Attempted assassination of Donald Trump|attempted assassination]].<ref name="CB">{{Cite news |first=Carla |last=Bleiker |title=Photo of bloodied, defiant Trump takes on patriotic meaning |date=2024-07-14 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/how-the-photo-of-trump-bloodied-and-with-fists-raised-becomes-patriotic-symbol-after-assassination-attempt/a-69656541 |access-date=2024-07-14 |work=[[Deutsche Welle]] |language=en}}</ref><ref name="KF">{{Cite news |last=Frazier |first=Kierra |last2=Herszenhorn |first2=Miles J. |date=2024-07-13 |title=Photo of bloodied Trump fist pumping immediately spotlighted by his allies |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/13/republicans-back-trump-by-sharing-a-bloody-photo-of-the-former-president-00167980 |access-date=2024-07-14 |work=[[Politico]]}}</ref><ref name="MD">{{Cite news |last=Donastorg |first=Mirtha |date=2024-07-14 |title=The photographer who captured this iconic image recounts the moment shots were fired at Donald Trump |url=https://www.ajc.com/politics/photographer-who-captured-iconic-image-recounts-the-moments-shots-were-fired-at-trump-rally/CHECH5GE6JAHTC57QNAP2ZVCVA/ |access-date=2024-07-14 |work=[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]] |language=English |issn=1539-7459 |archive-url=https://archive.fo/cyE5s |archive-date=2024-07-14 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| quote = It was a situation where that vast experience absolutely does [prepare you]. To have that experience behind you sort of allows you to remain calm.{{nbsp}}... In my head, I just kept saying to myself, 'slow down, slow down. Compose, compose.' Okay, what's gonna happen next? What's going on here? What's going on there? Just trying to get every angle on it.{{sfn|Milstein|2024}}
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At a campaign rally near [[Butler, Pennsylvania]], on July 13, 2024, former US President [[Donald Trump]], then the presumptive [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] nominee for president in the [[2024 United States presidential election]], was shot by [[Thomas Matthew Crooks]] in an [[attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Pennsylvania|attempted assassination]].<ref>{{multiref|{{harvnb|Bleiker|2024}}.|{{harvnb|Donastorg|2024}}.|{{harvnb|Frazier|Herszenhorn|2024}}.|{{harvnb|Gray|2024}}.|{{harvnb|Grover|2024}}.}}</ref>
Seeing [[United States Secret Service]] agents rushing towards Trump, [[Evan Vucci]], the [[Associated Press]]'s chief photographer in [[Washington, D.C.]], ran to the stage and began photographing.{{r|CB}}
Vucci had photographed hundreds of political rallies, and previously won a [[Pulitzer Prize]] in 2021 as part of an AP team covering the [[George Floyd protests]].{{r|CB}}<ref name="TAH">{{Cite news |last=Harper |first=Tyler Austin |date=2024-07-14 |title=A Legendary American Photograph |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/07/trump-assassination-attempt-evan-vucci/679011/ |access-date=2024-07-14 |work=[[The Atlantic]] |archive-url=https://archive.fo/yJPJj |archive-date=2024-07-14 |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> "I knew it was a moment in American history and it had to be documented", he said of the attempted assassination.{{r|CB|MD}}<ref>{{Cite video |url=https://apnews.com/video/donald-trump-pennsylvania-national-national-a1fb7a7b0d45487883a702e784561c1b |title=AP photojournalist on what it was like documenting the Trump rally shooting |language=en |access-date=2024-07-14 |work=[[Associated Press]] |date=2024-07-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite video |url=https://apnews.com/video/pennsylvania-butler-national-national-decb43c08e0f497bb4ce70c2fbd625b5 |title=AP photographer at Trump rally describes moment when shots were fired |language=en |access-date=2024-07-14 |work=[[Associated Press]] |date=2024-07-13}}</ref>


[[Evan Vucci]], the [[Associated Press]] (AP)'s chief photographer in [[Washington, D.C.]], was one of four photographers stationed in a buffer area near the stage.<ref>{{multiref|{{harvnb|Barr|2024}}.|{{harvnb|Grover|2024}}.}}</ref> He had covered Trump for years and had photographed hundreds of political rallies.<ref>{{multiref|{{harvnb|Grover|2024}}.|{{harvnb|Milstein|2024}}.}}</ref> He previously covered the [[War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)|wars in Afghanistan]] and [[Iraq War|Iraq]],<ref>{{multiref|{{harvnb|Grover|2024}}.|{{harvnb|Milstein|2024}}.|{{harvnb|Oliphant|2024}}.}}</ref> and had taken a well-known photograph of [[George W. Bush shoe-throwing incident|an Iraqi journalist throwing his shoes at then-US President George W. Bush]].<ref>{{multiref|{{harvnb|Gray|2024}}.|{{harvnb|Oliphant|2024}}.}}</ref> He won a [[Pulitzer Prize]] in 2021 as part of an AP team covering the [[George Floyd protests]].<ref>{{multiref|{{harvnb|Barr|2024}}.|{{harvnb|Bleiker|2024}}.|{{harvnb|Harper|2024}}.}}</ref>
== Photographs ==
Evan Vucci's photographs depict Donald Trump moments after an assassination attempt. His right [[raised fist|fist is raised]] in the air and there is blood on his face. He is surrounded by United States Secret Service agents, one of whom stares at the camera. A [[flag of the United States|US flag]] waves in the background in front of a blue sky.{{r|CB|KF|TAH}}<ref name="BWW">{{cite magazine |url-access=subscription |url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-attempt-on-donald-trumps-life-and-an-image-that-will-last | title=The Attempt on Donald Trump's Life and an Image That Will Last | magazine=[[The New Yorker]] | last1=Wallace-Wells | first1=Benjamin | access-date=July 14, 2024 | archive-date=July 14, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240714024239/https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-attempt-on-donald-trumps-life-and-an-image-that-will-last | url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="PK">{{Cite news |last=Kennicott |first=Philip |authorlink=Philip Kennicott |date=2024-07-14 |title=A powerful photograph that could change America forever |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/2024/07/14/trump-photograph-shooting/ |access-date=2024-07-14 |work=[[The Washington Post]] |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286 |archive-url=https://archive.fo/8fxe3#selection-821.211-821.339 |archive-date=2024-07-14 |url-status=live}}</ref>
In some of Vucci's photographs, Trump's mouth is open as he yells "Fight!"{{r|KF|TAH}} In others, Trump's lips are pursed.{{r|CB|BWW|PK}} An uncropped version shows Trump holding his iconic [[MAGA hat]] in his left hand.{{r|BWW|PK}}


Seeing [[United States Secret Service]] agents rushing toward Trump, Vucci ran to get a better vantage point and began photographing.<ref>{{multiref|{{harvnb|Barr|2024}}.|{{harvnb|Bleiker|2024}}.|{{harvnb|Gray|2024}}.|{{harvnb|Grover|2024}}.}}</ref> "I knew it was a moment in American history and it had to be documented", he said of the attempted assassination.<ref>{{multiref|{{harvnb|Bleiker|2024}}.|{{harvnb|Donastorg|2024}}.|{{harvnb|Associated Press|2024a}}.|{{harvnb|Associated Press|2024b}}.|{{harvnb|CNN|2024}}.}}</ref>
== Reception ==


==Composition==
Republicans and Trump's allies circulated the photo immediately after the event; some had used the photo as "an opportunity to tout conspiracy theories and stoke political tensions".{{r|KF}}
Evan Vucci's photographs depict Donald Trump moments after an assassination attempt. His right [[raised fist|fist is raised]] in the air and there is blood on his face. He is surrounded by United States Secret Service agents, one of whom stares at the camera. A [[flag of the United States|US flag]] waves in the background in front of a blue sky.<ref>{{multiref|{{harvnb|Barr|2024}}.|{{harvnb|Bleiker|2024}}.|{{harvnb|Frazier|Herszenhorn|2024}}.|{{harvnb|Gray|2024}}.|{{harvnb|Grover|2024}}.|{{harvnb|Harper|2024}}.}}</ref> Trump holds a "[[Make America Great Again]]" hat in his left hand.<ref>{{multiref|{{harvnb|Kennicott|2024}}.|{{harvnb|Nelson|2024}}.|{{harvnb|Wallace-Wells|2024}}.}}</ref> In some of Vucci's photographs, Trump's mouth is open as he either mouths<ref>{{multiref|{{harvnb|Orie|Liakos|Millman|2024}}.|{{harvnb|Layne|Larson|2024}}.}}</ref> or shouts "Fight!"<ref>{{multiref|{{harvnb|Barr|2024}}.|{{harvnb|Frazier|Herszenhorn|2024}}.|{{harvnb|Gray|2024}}.|{{harvnb|Grover|2024}}.|{{harvnb|Harper|2024}}.|{{harvnb|Nelson|2024}}.}}</ref> while in others Trump's lips are pursed.<ref>{{multiref|{{harvnb|Bleiker|2024}}.|{{harvnb|Kennicott|2024}}.|{{harvnb|Wallace-Wells|2024}}.}}</ref>


A published analysis from Sara Oscar for ''[[The Conversation (website)|The Conversation]]'' said that "[in order] to understand exactly what it is that makes this such a powerful image, there are several elements we can parse;{{nbsp}}... The agents form[ing] a triangular composition that places Trump at the vertex;{{nbsp}}... The agent draw[ing] us into the image, he looks back at us, he sees the photographer and therefore, he seems to see us;{{nbsp}}... Set against a blue sky, everything else in the image is red, white and navy blue. The trickles of blood falling down Trump's face are echoed in the red stripes of the American flag which aligns with the republican red of the podium." Oscar noted Vucci's knowledge of "the importance of retaining a sense of photographic composure in being able to attain 'the shot', of being sure to cover the situation from numerous angles, including capturing the scene with the right composition and light."{{sfn|Oscar|2024}}
Writing in ''[[The Washington Post]]'', [[Philip Kennicott]] described a closed-mouth photograph as "strongly constructed, with aggressive angles that reflect the chaos and drama of the moment, and a powerful balance of color, all red, white and blue, including the azure sky above and the red-and-white decorative banner below. Trump seems to emerge from within a deconstructed version of its basic colors." Kennicott wrote that "It is a photograph that could change America forever", comparing it to the [[Zapruder film]] and [[Michael Dukakis#Tank photograph|the 1988 image of Michael Dukakis in a tank]]. "Vucci's photo will create a reality more real than reality, transforming the chaos and messiness of a few moments of peril onstage in Pennsylvania into a surpassing icon of Trump's courage, resolve and heroism", Kennicott wrote. He described it as "Densely packed with markers of nationalism and authority — the flag, the blood, the urgent faces of federal agents in dark suits", and predicted that it will encourage more political violence.{{r|PK}}


Writing in ''[[The Washington Post]]'', [[Philip Kennicott]] described a close-mouthed photograph as "strongly constructed, with aggressive angles that reflect the chaos and drama of the moment, and a powerful balance of color, all red, white and blue, including the azure sky above and the red-and-white decorative banner below. Trump seems to emerge from within a deconstructed version of its basic colors." He described it as "Densely packed with markers of nationalism and authority—the flag, the blood, the urgent faces of federal agents in dark suits", and predicted that it will encourage more political violence. Kennicott wrote: "Vucci's photo will create a reality more real than reality, transforming the chaos and messiness of a few moments of peril onstage in Pennsylvania into a surpassing icon of Trump's courage, resolve and heroism", and that "It is a photograph that could change America forever", comparing it to the [[Zapruder film]] and [[Michael Dukakis#Tank photograph|the 1988 image of Michael Dukakis in a tank]].{{sfn|Kennicott|2024}}
Benjamin Wallace-Wells of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' wrote of an uncropped closed-mouth photograph, "It is already the indelible image of our era of political crisis and conflict." He noted that "some of the elements in Vucci's image are familiar from the countless others of Trump", and concluded, "It is an image that captures him as he would like to be seen, so perfectly, in fact, that it may outlast all the rest."{{r|BWW}}


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Tyler Austin Harper of ''[[The Atlantic]]'', describing one of the open-mouth photographs, wrote that it "became immediately legendary", and "However you feel about the man at its center, it is undeniably one of the great compositions in U.S. photographic history." Harper predicted that the photograph would be used in campaign merchandise and advertisements, and that the image will help Trump win the election. Harper wrote, "I do not think it is an exaggeration to say that the photo is nearly perfect, one captured under extreme duress and that distills the essence of a man in all his contradictions."{{r|TAH}}
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Noting that the photos quickly appeared in [[Internet meme]]s, Jason Farago of ''[[The New York Times]]'' said that "image of authority also invites its own parody; that is the secret of its strength". He wrote that the photos conveyed a different message from video: "[T]he fist had a more warlike aspect, suggesting fearlessness and indomitability." Farago compared the photographs to [[Eugène Delacroix]]'s 1830 painting ''[[Liberty Leading the People]]'' and [[John Singleton Copley]]'s ''[[The Death of Major Peirson]]''.{{sfn|Farago|2024}}


Carla Bleiker of ''[[Deutsche Welle]]'' described one of the closed-mouth photographs as an "image for the history books". She compared it with ''[[Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima]]'', writing, "Trump's raised fist and his facial expression, accentuated by the blood splatters across his cheek, can be read as an declaration of defiance in the face of adversity", in an "'I'm still standing'-gesture".{{r|CB}} Bleiker compared the US flag that is the centerpiece of the Iwo Jima image to the US flag in the background of Vucci's image, noting the flag's importance as a cultural image to Americans, especially conservative Americans.{{r|CB}}
Carla Bleiker of ''[[Deutsche Welle]]'' described one of the close-mouthed photographs as an "image for the history books". She compared it with ''[[Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima]]''. She wrote that "Trump's raised fist and his facial expression, accentuated by the blood splatters across his cheek, can be read as an declaration of defiance in the face of adversity", in an {{"'}}I'm still standing'-gesture". Bleiker compared the U.S. flag that is the centerpiece of the Iwo Jima image to the U.S. flag in the background of Vucci's image, noting the flag's importance as a cultural image to Americans, especially [[conservatism in the United States|conservative Americans]].{{sfn|Bleiker|2024}}


== See also ==
==Impact and reception==
Vucci's photographs were widely shared on the Internet.<ref>{{multiref|{{harvnb|Barr|2024}}.|{{harvnb|Grover|2024}}.}}</ref> Republicans and Trump's allies circulated the photos immediately after the event; some had used the photos as "an opportunity to tout conspiracy theories and stoke political tensions".{{sfn|Frazier|Herszenhorn|2024}} The photographs appeared on newspaper front pages in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia.{{sfn|Grover|2024}} Two of the photographs had been used almost 4100 times by AP customers by the day after the shooting, compared to the typical 700–800 times for the week's most-used photo.{{sfn|Bauder|2024}}
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''[[The Spectator]]''{{'}}s [[Fraser Nelson]] wrote of an open-mouthed version: "[any critic] would have instantly recognised that this is a once-in-a-generation photograph—an image that will become one of the most potent in American politics and history", and hailed Vucci's work as "photojournalism at its most powerful{{nbsp}}... the image will be remembered as one of the most important political photographs ever taken".{{sfn|Nelson|2024}}

Benjamin Wallace-Wells of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' wrote of a close-mouthed photograph, "It is already the indelible image of our era of political crisis and conflict." He noted that "some of the elements in Vucci's image are familiar from the countless others of Trump", and concluded, "It is an image that captures him as he would like to be seen, so perfectly, in fact, that it may outlast all the rest."{{sfn|Wallace-Wells|2024}}

Tyler Austin Harper of ''[[The Atlantic]]'', describing one of the open-mouthed photographs, wrote that it "became immediately legendary", and "However you feel about the man at its center, it is undeniably one of the great compositions in U.S. photographic history." Harper wrote, "I do not think it is an exaggeration to say that the photo is nearly perfect, one captured under extreme duress and that distills the essence of a man in all his contradictions." Harper predicted that the photograph would be used in campaign merchandise and advertisements, and that the image could help Trump win the election over then-opponent Joe Biden.{{sfn|Harper|2024}}

Yudhajit Shankar Das of ''[[India Today]]'' anticipated Vucci's work as a "defining photograph of US history", and noted that his prior work photographing in war-torn [[Iraq]] likely absolved him of fear of bullets. Das mused that Vucci's work could "act as the [[Napalm Girl]]" of the 2024 election.{{sfn|Das|2024}}

Jeremy Barr wrote in ''The Washington Post'' that one of the open-mouthed versions was "sure to go down in the pantheon of American photography".{{sfn|Barr|2024}} Geordie Gray wrote in ''[[The Australian]]'' that one of the open-mouthed photographs was "destined to become one of the defining images of our time", describing it as "perfectly composed".{{sfn|Gray|2024}} Ashima Grover in ''[[Hindustan Times]]'' described an open-mouthed photograph as a "legendary American photo for posterity".{{sfn|Grover|2024}}

"Multiple photographers worried privately", Aïda Amer of ''[[Axios (website)|Axios]]'' reported, "that the images from the rally could turn into a kind of 'photoganda{{'"}} for the Trump campaign. Speaking anonymously, the photographers told Amer that it was "dangerous for media organizations to keep sharing [the Vucci] photo despite how good it is" because it was "free [[public relations|P.R.]] for Trump" that made him a "martyr". Amer wrote that the open-mouthed photograph by Vucci and other notable images of the shooting by Anna Moneymaker of [[Getty Images]] and [[Doug Mills (photographer)|Doug Mills]] of ''The New York Times'' quickly became known in newsrooms as the "Evan photo", "Anna photo", and "the bullet photo", respectively.{{sfn|Amer|2024}}

''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''{{'}}s Roland Oliphant felt that "[Trump] could not have looked more like an American hero if he tried", and called it "a product of world-class photojournalism—and also, perhaps, of Trump's innate political instincts".{{sfn|Oliphant|2024}} [[Timothy Garton Ash]] said on social media that the photograph would "change the course of history of the world".{{sfn|Nelson|2024}} [[Piers Morgan]] called it "Already one of the most iconic photographs in American history—and one that I suspect will propel Donald Trump back to the White House."{{sfn|Bauder|2024}}

''[[The Guardian]]''{{'}}s art critic [[Jonathan Jones (journalist)|Jonathan Jones]] compared the images to other "timeless patriotic images" such as ''Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima'' and [[Emanuel Leutze]]'s ''[[Washington Crossing the Delaware (1851 paintings)|Washington Crossing the Delaware]]'', as well as to [[Joan Miró]]'s ''{{Interlanguage link|Aidez l'Espagne|ca}}''. He also drew similarities to religious works including [[Rogier van der Weyden]]'s ''[[The Descent from the Cross (van der Weyden)|Descent from the Cross]]'' and [[Caravaggio]]'s ''[[The Entombment of Christ (Caravaggio)|The Entombment of Christ]]''. Jones observed that "there is something genuinely uncanny, not quite explicable, about this image: how a scene with such deep meanings and a positively religious suggestiveness can happen spontaneously" and opined that the images may win Trump re-election.{{sfn|Jones|2024}}

During an interview with ''[[Bloomberg News]]'', [[Facebook]] founder and CEO [[Mark Zuckerberg]] described the photo as "one of the most badass things I've ever seen in my life."{{sfn|Bloomberg|2024}}

On August 5, 2024, Trump appeared on American live streamer [[Adin Ross]]' [[Kick (service)|Kick]] stream. Toward the end of the stream, Ross gifted Trump a [[Tesla Cybertruck]] with one of Vucci's photographs imprinted on it. Upon being gifted the vehicle, Trump accused [[Google]] of manipulating the image used on the car to alter the facial expressions of the Secret Service agents.<ref>{{multiref|{{harvnb|Limehouse|2024}}.|{{harvnb|Sarkar|2024}}.}}</ref>

=== Legacy ===
After Trump's second presidential election victory, ''[[The New York Times]]'' cited these as the "symbol of what supporters saw as a campaign of destiny".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Goldmacher |first1=Shane |last2=Haberman |first2=Maggie |last3=Swan |first3=Jonathan |title=How Trump Won, and How Harris Lost |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/07/us/politics/trump-win-election-harris.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |issn=1553-8095 |access-date=November 8, 2024}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Public image of Donald Trump]]
* [[Public image of Donald Trump]]
* [[List of photographs considered the most important]]
* [[List of photographs considered the most important]]


==References==
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* {{cite news |last=Amer |first=Aïda |date=2024-07-15 |title=How photographers view the photos of Trump's assassination attempt |work=[[Axios (website)|Axios]] |url=https://www.axios.com/2024/07/16/trump-shooting-photos-photographers-view |access-date=2024-07-17 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240717211210/https://www.axios.com/2024/07/16/trump-shooting-photos-photographers-view |archive-date=July 17, 2024}}
* {{cite news |last=Barr |first=Jeremy |date=July 15, 2024 |title='I have to do my job': Photojournalists capture images of Trump shooting |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |issn=0190-8286 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2024/07/14/trump-shooting-photojournalists/ |access-date=July 15, 2024}}
* {{cite news |last=Bauder |first=David |date=2024-07-15 |title=In a world of moving pictures, photographs capture indelible moments in Trump assassination attempt |language=en |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |url=https://apnews.com/article/trump-photo-flag-iconic-bullet-f668b7dcc7b365a319a5daaac582775d |access-date=2024-07-18 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240730102527/https://apnews.com/article/trump-photo-flag-iconic-bullet-f668b7dcc7b365a319a5daaac582775d |archive-date=July 30, 2024}}
* {{cite news |work=[[Bloomberg News]] |title=Zuckerberg Calls Trump's Response to Shooting 'Badass' |date=July 19, 2024 |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-19/mark-zuckerberg-calls-donald-trump-badass-without-endorsing-for-president |ref={{harvid|Bloomberg|2024}}}}
* {{cite news |first=Carla |last=Bleiker |title=Photo of bloodied, defiant Trump takes on patriotic meaning |date=July 14, 2024 |work=[[Deutsche Welle]] |url=https://www.dw.com/en/how-the-photo-of-trump-bloodied-and-with-fists-raised-becomes-patriotic-symbol-after-assassination-attempt/a-69656541 |access-date=July 14, 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240715125329/https://www.dw.com/en/how-the-photo-of-trump-bloodied-and-with-fists-raised-becomes-patriotic-symbol-after-assassination-attempt/a-69656541 |archive-date=July 15, 2024}}
* {{cite news |last=Donastorg |first=Mirtha |date=July 14, 2024 |title=The photographer who captured this iconic image recounts the moment shots were fired at Donald Trump |work=[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]] |issn=1539-7459 |url=https://www.ajc.com/politics/photographer-who-captured-iconic-image-recounts-the-moments-shots-were-fired-at-trump-rally/CHECH5GE6JAHTC57QNAP2ZVCVA/ |access-date=July 14, 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240714204131/https://www.ajc.com/politics/photographer-who-captured-iconic-image-recounts-the-moments-shots-were-fired-at-trump-rally/CHECH5GE6JAHTC57QNAP2ZVCVA/ |archive-date=July 14, 2024}}
* {{cite news |last1=Frazier |first1=Kierra |last2=Herszenhorn |first2=Miles J. |date=July 13, 2024 |title=Photo of bloodied Trump fist pumping immediately spotlighted by his allies |work=[[Politico]] |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/13/republicans-back-trump-by-sharing-a-bloody-photo-of-the-former-president-00167980 |access-date=July 14, 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240713235814/https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/13/republicans-back-trump-by-sharing-a-bloody-photo-of-the-former-president-00167980 |archive-date=July 13, 2024}}
* {{cite news |last=Gray |first=Geordie |date=July 15, 2024 |title=How AP photographer Evan Vucci captured this defining news image of our era |work=[[The Australian]] |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/world/us-politics/how-ap-photographer-evan-vucci-captured-a-defining-image-of-our-era/news-story/a065dd5335dc04c2f206b3badb3b6610?amp&nk=10949a8720aa52acc0dd197adc0157c7-1721015683 |access-date=July 15, 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240715035344/https://www.theaustralian.com.au/world/us-politics/how-ap-photographer-evan-vucci-captured-a-defining-image-of-our-era/news-story/a065dd5335dc04c2f206b3badb3b6610?amp&nk=10949a8720aa52acc0dd197adc0157c7-1721015683 |archive-date=July 15, 2024}}
* {{cite news |first=Ashima |last=Grover |date=July 15, 2024 |title=Story of Trump's iconic image after the failed assassination, video captures how Evan Vucci got the shot |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |issn=0972-0243 |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/story-of-trumps-iconic-image-after-the-failed-assassination-video-captures-how-evan-vucci-got-the-shot-101720974907144.html |access-date=July 15, 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240715053447/https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/story-of-trumps-iconic-image-after-the-failed-assassination-video-captures-how-evan-vucci-got-the-shot-101720974907144.html |archive-date=July 15, 2024}}
* {{cite news |last=Harper |first=Tyler Austin |date=July 14, 2024 |title=A Legendary American Photograph |work=[[The Atlantic]] |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/07/trump-assassination-attempt-evan-vucci/679011/ |access-date=July 14, 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240714182359/https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/07/trump-assassination-attempt-evan-vucci/679011/ |archive-date=July 14, 2024}}
* {{cite news |last1=Layne |first1=Nathan |last2=Larson |first2=Soren |date=July 13, 2024 |title=Pop, pop, pop, then a bloodied Trump rushed from election rally |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/pop-pop-pop-then-bloodied-trump-rushed-election-rally-2024-07-14/ |access-date=July 13, 2024}}
* {{cite news |last=Limehouse |first=Jonathan |date=August 5, 2024 |title=Trump offered Cybertruck, Rolex as gifts during appearance on Adin Ross's livestream |work=[[USA Today]] |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/08/05/donald-trump-adin-ross-kick/74679373007/ |access-date=6 August 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806151015/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/08/05/donald-trump-adin-ross-kick/74679373007/ |archive-date=August 6, 2024}}
* {{cite news |last=Oliphant |first=Roland |date=July 14, 2024 |title=Bloodied face, fist raised in defiance: how this image may win Trump the US presidency |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/2024/07/14/bloodied-face-fist-raised-image-win-trump-presidency/ |access-date=July 15, 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240714165453/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/2024/07/14/bloodied-face-fist-raised-image-win-trump-presidency/ |archive-date=July 14, 2024}}
* {{cite news |last1=Orie |first1=Amarachi |last2=Liakos |first2=Chris |last3=Millman |first3=Andrew |date=July 14, 2024 |title=What was said on stage in the seconds after Trump was shot |publisher=CNN |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2024/07/14/politics/what-was-said-on-stage-after-trump-was-shot/index.html |access-date=July 14, 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240714213547/https://edition.cnn.com/2024/07/14/politics/what-was-said-on-stage-after-trump-was-shot/index.html |archive-date=July 14, 2024}}
* {{cite news |last=Sarkar |first=Ishani |date=August 9, 2024 |title=Who is Adin Ross, the streamer who interviewed Donald Trump? Barron Trump's 'friend' gifted Donald a Rolex and Tesla Cybertruck, is banned from Twitch, and had controversial guests like Andrew Tate |work=[[South China Morning Post]] |issn=1563-9371 |url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3273839/who-adin-ross-streamer-who-interviewed-donald-trump-barron-trumps-friend-gifted-donald-rolex-and |access-date=August 15, 2024}}
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* {{cite news |last=Das |first=Yudhaji |title=Trump shot, Evan Vucci shot him again, for a history-changing photo |date=July 14, 2024 |work=[[India Today]] |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/donald-trump-rally-assassination-attempt-defiant-photo-associated-press-ap-photographer-evan-vucci-iconic-photograph-2566584-2024-07-14 |access-date=July 14, 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240715001424/https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/donald-trump-rally-assassination-attempt-defiant-photo-associated-press-ap-photographer-evan-vucci-iconic-photograph-2566584-2024-07-14 |archive-date=July 15, 2024}}
* {{cite news |last=Farago |first=Jason |date=2024-07-16 |title=Still Images Define an Attack and its Aftermath |work=[[The New York Times]] |pages=A17 |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/14/arts/design/trump-photo-raised-fist.html |access-date=2024-07-16 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716044027/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/14/arts/design/trump-photo-raised-fist.html |archive-date=July 16, 2024}}
* {{cite web |last1=Jones |first1=Jonathan |title='Is this what a second Trump presidency will be like?' – our art critic on the chilling shooting image |website=The Guardian |date=15 July 2024 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/article/2024/jul/15/trump-presidency-shooting-image-assassination-attempt-art-critic |access-date=24 July 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716141317/https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/article/2024/jul/15/trump-presidency-shooting-image-assassination-attempt-art-critic |archive-date=July 16, 2024}}
* {{cite news |last=Kennicott |first=Philip |author-link=Philip Kennicott |date=July 14, 2024 |title=A powerful photograph that could change America forever |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |issn=0190-8286 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/2024/07/14/trump-photograph-shooting/ |access-date=July 14, 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240714203934/https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/2024/07/14/trump-photograph-shooting/#selection-821.211-821.339 |archive-date=July 14, 2024}}
* {{cite news |last=Nelson |first=Fraser |author-link=Fraser Nelson |date=July 14, 2024 |title=Evan Vucci's Trump photo will define (and perhaps shape) history |work=[[The Spectator]] |url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/that-photo-of-trump-will-define-history/ |access-date=July 15, 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240715015836/https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/that-photo-of-trump-will-define-history/ |archive-date=July 15, 2024}}
* {{cite news |last=Oscar |first=Sara |title=Elevation, colour – and the American flag. Here's what makes Evan Vucci's Trump photograph so powerful |date=July 15, 2024 |work=[[The Conversation (website)|The Conversation]] |url=https://theconversation.com/elevation-colour-and-the-american-flag-heres-what-makes-evan-vuccis-trump-photograph-so-powerful-234662 |access-date=July 15, 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716143037/https://theconversation.com/elevation-colour-and-the-american-flag-heres-what-makes-evan-vuccis-trump-photograph-so-powerful-234662 |archive-date=July 16, 2024}}
* {{cite magazine |title=The Attempt on Donald Trump's Life and an Image That Will Last |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |last1=Wallace-Wells |first1=Benjamin |date=July 14, 2024 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-attempt-on-donald-trumps-life-and-an-image-that-will-last |url-access=subscription |access-date=July 14, 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240714024239/https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-attempt-on-donald-trumps-life-and-an-image-that-will-last |archive-date=July 14, 2024}}
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* {{cite video |title=AP photojournalist on what it was like documenting the Trump rally shooting |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |date=July 14, 2024 |url=https://apnews.com/video/donald-trump-pennsylvania-national-national-a1fb7a7b0d45487883a702e784561c1b |access-date=July 14, 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240715002935/https://apnews.com/video/donald-trump-pennsylvania-national-national-a1fb7a7b0d45487883a702e784561c1b |archive-date=July 15, 2024 |ref={{harvid|Associated Press|2024b}}}}
* {{cite video |title=Hear from photographer who captured viral photo of Trump injured at rally |publisher=[[CNN]] |date=July 14, 2024 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/14/us/video/donald-trump-assassination-attempt-rally-shooting-photographer-digvid |access-date=July 15, 2024 |url-status=live |archive-date=July 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240715002340/https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/14/us/video/donald-trump-assassination-attempt-rally-shooting-photographer-digvid |ref={{harvid|CNN|2024}}}}
* {{cite magazine |last=Milstein |first=Kara |date=July 15, 2024 |title=Behind the Cover: Interview With the Photographer of the Trump Image |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |url=https://time.com/6998896/behind-the-cover-interview-evan-vucci-trump-photorgraph/ |access-date=July 16, 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240715235336/https://time.com/6998896/behind-the-cover-interview-evan-vucci-trump-photorgraph/ |archive-date=July 15, 2024}}
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* {{cite web |title=AP Photos: Shooting at Trump rally in Pennsylvania |website=AP News |language=en |date=14 July 2024 |url=https://apnews.com/article/trump-rally-shooting-photo-gallery-561478b3f90c950c741eeaa24c6dc159 |access-date=20 July 2024}}


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Donald Trump raised-fist photographs
A man with his fist held above his head with blood on his ear and cheek. An American flag flutters in the air behind him. Two federal agents shield and escort him.
One of the photographs in the series
ArtistEvan Vucci
Year2024
TypePhotojournalism
MediumDigital photography
SubjectDonald Trump gesturing while being escorted away by Secret Service agents after his attempted assassination
OwnerAssociated Press

Evan Vucci, an American photojournalist, captured a series of photographs of Donald Trump, a former president of the United States and the then presumptive nominee of the Republican Party who would win the 2024 presidential election, with blood on his face and raising his right fist shortly after he was shot during an assassination attempt at a political rally near Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, 2024. In some of the photos, Trump's mouth is open as he says "Fight!"; in others, Trump's mouth is closed. The photographs were reposted widely on social media and received substantial press coverage; commentators praised their composition and predicted they would become iconic images of an era.

Background

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It was a situation where that vast experience absolutely does [prepare you]. To have that experience behind you sort of allows you to remain calm. ... In my head, I just kept saying to myself, 'slow down, slow down. Compose, compose.' Okay, what's gonna happen next? What's going on here? What's going on there? Just trying to get every angle on it.[1]

At a campaign rally near Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, 2024, former US President Donald Trump, then the presumptive Republican Party nominee for president in the 2024 United States presidential election, was shot by Thomas Matthew Crooks in an attempted assassination.[2]

Evan Vucci, the Associated Press (AP)'s chief photographer in Washington, D.C., was one of four photographers stationed in a buffer area near the stage.[3] He had covered Trump for years and had photographed hundreds of political rallies.[4] He previously covered the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq,[5] and had taken a well-known photograph of an Iraqi journalist throwing his shoes at then-US President George W. Bush.[6] He won a Pulitzer Prize in 2021 as part of an AP team covering the George Floyd protests.[7]

Seeing United States Secret Service agents rushing toward Trump, Vucci ran to get a better vantage point and began photographing.[8] "I knew it was a moment in American history and it had to be documented", he said of the attempted assassination.[9]

Composition

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Evan Vucci's photographs depict Donald Trump moments after an assassination attempt. His right fist is raised in the air and there is blood on his face. He is surrounded by United States Secret Service agents, one of whom stares at the camera. A US flag waves in the background in front of a blue sky.[10] Trump holds a "Make America Great Again" hat in his left hand.[11] In some of Vucci's photographs, Trump's mouth is open as he either mouths[12] or shouts "Fight!"[13] while in others Trump's lips are pursed.[14]

A published analysis from Sara Oscar for The Conversation said that "[in order] to understand exactly what it is that makes this such a powerful image, there are several elements we can parse; ... The agents form[ing] a triangular composition that places Trump at the vertex; ... The agent draw[ing] us into the image, he looks back at us, he sees the photographer and therefore, he seems to see us; ... Set against a blue sky, everything else in the image is red, white and navy blue. The trickles of blood falling down Trump's face are echoed in the red stripes of the American flag which aligns with the republican red of the podium." Oscar noted Vucci's knowledge of "the importance of retaining a sense of photographic composure in being able to attain 'the shot', of being sure to cover the situation from numerous angles, including capturing the scene with the right composition and light."[15]

Writing in The Washington Post, Philip Kennicott described a close-mouthed photograph as "strongly constructed, with aggressive angles that reflect the chaos and drama of the moment, and a powerful balance of color, all red, white and blue, including the azure sky above and the red-and-white decorative banner below. Trump seems to emerge from within a deconstructed version of its basic colors." He described it as "Densely packed with markers of nationalism and authority—the flag, the blood, the urgent faces of federal agents in dark suits", and predicted that it will encourage more political violence. Kennicott wrote: "Vucci's photo will create a reality more real than reality, transforming the chaos and messiness of a few moments of peril onstage in Pennsylvania into a surpassing icon of Trump's courage, resolve and heroism", and that "It is a photograph that could change America forever", comparing it to the Zapruder film and the 1988 image of Michael Dukakis in a tank.[16]

The photographs have been variously compared to Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People (top), Copley's The Death of Major Peirson (middle), and Rosenthal's Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima (bottom).

Noting that the photos quickly appeared in Internet memes, Jason Farago of The New York Times said that "image of authority also invites its own parody; that is the secret of its strength". He wrote that the photos conveyed a different message from video: "[T]he fist had a more warlike aspect, suggesting fearlessness and indomitability." Farago compared the photographs to Eugène Delacroix's 1830 painting Liberty Leading the People and John Singleton Copley's The Death of Major Peirson.[17]

Carla Bleiker of Deutsche Welle described one of the close-mouthed photographs as an "image for the history books". She compared it with Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima. She wrote that "Trump's raised fist and his facial expression, accentuated by the blood splatters across his cheek, can be read as an declaration of defiance in the face of adversity", in an "'I'm still standing'-gesture". Bleiker compared the U.S. flag that is the centerpiece of the Iwo Jima image to the U.S. flag in the background of Vucci's image, noting the flag's importance as a cultural image to Americans, especially conservative Americans.[18]

Impact and reception

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Vucci's photographs were widely shared on the Internet.[19] Republicans and Trump's allies circulated the photos immediately after the event; some had used the photos as "an opportunity to tout conspiracy theories and stoke political tensions".[20] The photographs appeared on newspaper front pages in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia.[21] Two of the photographs had been used almost 4100 times by AP customers by the day after the shooting, compared to the typical 700–800 times for the week's most-used photo.[22]

The Spectator's Fraser Nelson wrote of an open-mouthed version: "[any critic] would have instantly recognised that this is a once-in-a-generation photograph—an image that will become one of the most potent in American politics and history", and hailed Vucci's work as "photojournalism at its most powerful ... the image will be remembered as one of the most important political photographs ever taken".[23]

Benjamin Wallace-Wells of The New Yorker wrote of a close-mouthed photograph, "It is already the indelible image of our era of political crisis and conflict." He noted that "some of the elements in Vucci's image are familiar from the countless others of Trump", and concluded, "It is an image that captures him as he would like to be seen, so perfectly, in fact, that it may outlast all the rest."[24]

Tyler Austin Harper of The Atlantic, describing one of the open-mouthed photographs, wrote that it "became immediately legendary", and "However you feel about the man at its center, it is undeniably one of the great compositions in U.S. photographic history." Harper wrote, "I do not think it is an exaggeration to say that the photo is nearly perfect, one captured under extreme duress and that distills the essence of a man in all his contradictions." Harper predicted that the photograph would be used in campaign merchandise and advertisements, and that the image could help Trump win the election over then-opponent Joe Biden.[25]

Yudhajit Shankar Das of India Today anticipated Vucci's work as a "defining photograph of US history", and noted that his prior work photographing in war-torn Iraq likely absolved him of fear of bullets. Das mused that Vucci's work could "act as the Napalm Girl" of the 2024 election.[26]

Jeremy Barr wrote in The Washington Post that one of the open-mouthed versions was "sure to go down in the pantheon of American photography".[27] Geordie Gray wrote in The Australian that one of the open-mouthed photographs was "destined to become one of the defining images of our time", describing it as "perfectly composed".[28] Ashima Grover in Hindustan Times described an open-mouthed photograph as a "legendary American photo for posterity".[21]

"Multiple photographers worried privately", Aïda Amer of Axios reported, "that the images from the rally could turn into a kind of 'photoganda'" for the Trump campaign. Speaking anonymously, the photographers told Amer that it was "dangerous for media organizations to keep sharing [the Vucci] photo despite how good it is" because it was "free P.R. for Trump" that made him a "martyr". Amer wrote that the open-mouthed photograph by Vucci and other notable images of the shooting by Anna Moneymaker of Getty Images and Doug Mills of The New York Times quickly became known in newsrooms as the "Evan photo", "Anna photo", and "the bullet photo", respectively.[29]

The Daily Telegraph's Roland Oliphant felt that "[Trump] could not have looked more like an American hero if he tried", and called it "a product of world-class photojournalism—and also, perhaps, of Trump's innate political instincts".[30] Timothy Garton Ash said on social media that the photograph would "change the course of history of the world".[23] Piers Morgan called it "Already one of the most iconic photographs in American history—and one that I suspect will propel Donald Trump back to the White House."[22]

The Guardian's art critic Jonathan Jones compared the images to other "timeless patriotic images" such as Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima and Emanuel Leutze's Washington Crossing the Delaware, as well as to Joan Miró's Aidez l'Espagne [ca]. He also drew similarities to religious works including Rogier van der Weyden's Descent from the Cross and Caravaggio's The Entombment of Christ. Jones observed that "there is something genuinely uncanny, not quite explicable, about this image: how a scene with such deep meanings and a positively religious suggestiveness can happen spontaneously" and opined that the images may win Trump re-election.[31]

During an interview with Bloomberg News, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg described the photo as "one of the most badass things I've ever seen in my life."[32]

On August 5, 2024, Trump appeared on American live streamer Adin Ross' Kick stream. Toward the end of the stream, Ross gifted Trump a Tesla Cybertruck with one of Vucci's photographs imprinted on it. Upon being gifted the vehicle, Trump accused Google of manipulating the image used on the car to alter the facial expressions of the Secret Service agents.[33]

Legacy

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After Trump's second presidential election victory, The New York Times cited these as the "symbol of what supporters saw as a campaign of destiny".[34]

See also

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References

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  15. ^ Oscar 2024.
  16. ^ Kennicott 2024.
  17. ^ Farago 2024.
  18. ^ Bleiker 2024.
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  20. ^ Frazier & Herszenhorn 2024.
  21. ^ a b Grover 2024.
  22. ^ a b Bauder 2024.
  23. ^ a b Nelson 2024.
  24. ^ Wallace-Wells 2024.
  25. ^ Harper 2024.
  26. ^ Das 2024.
  27. ^ Barr 2024.
  28. ^ Gray 2024.
  29. ^ Amer 2024.
  30. ^ Oliphant 2024.
  31. ^ Jones 2024.
  32. ^ Bloomberg 2024.
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  34. ^ Goldmacher, Shane; Haberman, Maggie; Swan, Jonathan. "How Trump Won, and How Harris Lost". The New York Times. ISSN 1553-8095. Retrieved November 8, 2024.

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