Washington Post:FBI investigating Trump golf course episode as a POTENTIAL assassination attempt

[spanone]

https://wapo.st/3TtwRPg

Federal authorities are investigating a potential assassination attempt against Donald Trump on Sunday after a man with a weapon appeared near his golf course in Florida as the former president was golfing. Trump was unharmed and said he was “safe and well.”

Secret Service opened fire on the man, who fled in a vehicle. A suspect was later taken into custody after a chase.

“The FBI has responded to West Palm Beach Florida and is investigating what appears to be an attempted assassination of former President Trump,” the agency said in a statement Sunday.

Trump was uninjured and was rushed away after the U.S. Secret Service spotted a man with a gun and fired around 1:30 p.m., law enforcement officials said. A rifle was found near where the man was spotted, the officials said. It was unclear whether the man was able to fire any shots, or if the only shots were fired by the Secret Service.

[Kittycatkat]

1. I bet Trump set it up.

Exactly what a narcissistic sociopath would do. Has an Alex Murdaugh feel to it, when he claimed someone shot him when he was fixing a flat on the side of the road. Hope trump ends up where Alex Murdaugh ended up.

[Think. Again.]

2. That's cool...

I wonder if they would be interested in hearing about a POTENTIAL insurrection and coup attempt that they could investigate.

[malaise]

3. I noticed on M$NBComcast they are showing

FBI ‘apparent’ (my quotes) assassination attempt.
Very interesting

[spanone]

4. The lie will supersede the truth, whatever it is.

[sheshe2]

8. A comment on twitter.

glen poss
@glenposs

300 to 500 feet, with a ak47.........................that's not a attempt it's a concept of a attempt.

[J_William_Ryan]

5. Regardless,

The reprehensible right is already trying to spin this in a way to blame Democrats.

[spanone]

6. They would do that if Vance shot trmp.

[kacekwl]

7. Unclear

who shot who. Unclear if any shots fired. They are working really hard to get the story straight. Maybe he just wanted to play through.

[sheshe2]

9. *snort*

[spanone]

10. WaPo calls it a 'potential attempt', CNN calls it an 'apparent attempt' fox calls it '2nd attempt'

🤷🏼‍♂️

[TurboDem]

11. If only there had been a good golfer with a gun.

[bucolic_frolic]

12. Everyone knows a Hoax when they see one.

Guy just wanted to get on the presidential pardon list.

[edisdead]

13. Wait I thought

I thought it was cool to just hang out with your AR15? Now all of a sudden it’s an issue?

[Kaleva]

18. It was reported he had an AK-47

[edisdead]

14. Maybe it was a jilted wannabe Taylor Swift lover?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

15. So we're getting a "Woe is me" spin.

[spanone]

16. He's getting wall to wall cable news coverage....

MeMeMeMeMeMeMeMeMeMeMeMeMeMeMe

[LeftInTX]

17. The guy had every intention of going through with it. He got shot at and took off.

So in that respect it is potential. He didn't have a gopro, scoped AK-14 etc because he was doing a drug deal, (BTW the golf course is right on the road and is surrounded by about 10 feet of vegetation and chain link fence. Shooter had a target inside the golf course where the gun is pointed. Don't think he was targeting SS agents.