Donald Trump was enjoying a spherical of golf at Trump Nationwide Golf Membership in West Palm Seashore, Florida on Sunday (September 15), when gunshots rang out.
Based on Trump Marketing campaign Communications Director Steven Cheung, the divisive political determine was unhurt.
“Trump is protected following gunshots in his neighborhood,” Cheung mentioned in a press release. “No additional particulars at the moment.”
The incident occurred simply hours after Trump wrote “I Hate Taylor Swift” on his Reality Social platform, which offered ample alternative to crack a joke about an offended Swiftie being behind it. As one particular person joked on Twitter, “Trump getting shot at after his Taylor Swift publish.. Oh they’re sliding for Mrs. Swift.”
One other mentioned, “Donald Trump declared in the present day in Reality Social: I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT! Then 3 hours later gunshots have been heard fired close to his location in Florida. Swifties be rollin’ up,” whereas yet one more wrote, “Trump’s WAR on Taylor Swift. A pair hours later, Gunshots on the Golf Course Trump was on, and that muvafkr bought taken to the bunker. Don’t mess with Swifties. These GRRLs are the Rambos of Social Media.”
One other urged Swift herself was behind it, writing, “Taylor Swift simply tried to shoot Donald Trump in Palm Seashore.”
If the gunshots have been meant for Trump, this could mark the second time this yr he’s been a goal. In July, Trump was reportedly shot within the ear throughout a presidential rally in Pennsylvania as a part of an assassination try.
Based on MSNBC, Trump was escorted off the stage by Secret Service brokers and into his motorcade simply minutes into his rally in Butler after a collection of gunshots. Trump’s ear gave the impression to be bleeding closely as he was rushed away. On the time of the incident, Trump fell to the bottom as he was giving a speech. He was shortly surrounded by brokers and stayed down for round a minute.
He then jumped to his toes and pumped his fist within the air and shouted “battle” earlier than being pushed away from the scene. The group was instantly cleared out of the seated space of the rally, and the police put up warning tape over a piece of the left aspect of the bleachers as they attempt to decide what occurred. Rallygoers mentioned they noticed the army chase out somebody on the lefthand aspect of the bleachers. A medical helicopter arrived and headed south, more likely to the medical middle in Pittsburgh.
The particular person behind the taking pictures, Matthew Crooks, was killed on-site.
