History of Assassination Attempts on Trump
Last update: April 26, 2026
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Inside the Shocking Timeline of Assassination Attempts on Donald Trump — From Rally Gunfire to Foiled Plots.
CBI News notes that President Donald Trump has faced numerous assassination attempts and death threats throughout his years as US president and as a candidate.
The closest call came in July 2024, at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, where a gunman accessed a nearby rooftop with a direct line of sight to then-candidate Trump as he spoke on stage. A bystander was killed, and Trump’s ear was wounded in the attack. Agents shot dead the suspect, 20-year-old Thomas Crooks, at the scene.
A few months later, in September, an armed man hid near Trump’s West Palm Beach golf course in Florida with the intent to kill him, according to officials.
Prosecutors said Ryan Routh methodically plotted to kill Trump for weeks before aiming a rifle through the shrubbery as he played golf. A Secret Service agent spotted Routh before he was able to open fire on Trump, and he was soon arrested nearby.
Routh was found guilty last year of attempting to kill the president and was sentenced to life in prison in February.
Also, in February, a 21-year-old man, Austin Tucker Martin, was shot dead after entering Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida with a shotgun, but the President was not there.
