Donald Trump’s eldest son has released a rather bizarre post on social media after his father was left injured and bloodied as a result of a violent shooting attack at the former president’s Pennsylvania rally this evening.
Just moments ago, former President Donald J. Trump was whisked off the stage with blood on his face by multiple Secret Service agents at his Butler, Pennsylvania campaign rally after several loud pops rang out through the crowd in what appears to be a possible assassination attempt.
In video footage of the incident that is quickly spreading across social media, former President Trump is seen suddenly crouching down as the loud noises ring throughout the rally. Multiple United States Secret Service agents immediately grab and surround the former president.
Trump was mid-sentence, showing off a chart of border crossing numbers when multiple, sudden, loud bangs began to ring out. The loud pops sounded like gunshots and Donald Trump immediately grasped at his neck and the side of his face with his right hand.
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There appeared to be a significant amount of blood streaked across the right side of his face.
Trump ducked behind the riser as agents of his Secret Service protective detail rushed the stage while screams rang out from the crowd. Even as agents swarmed the former president on the rally stage, the loud bang continued.
Donald Trump was seen attempting to fistbump and scream something intelligible at the crowd as his protective detail whisked him off the stage.
The ex-president’s campaign quickly released a statement to the public, confirming Donald Trump’s condition.
Trump’s spokesman Steven Cheung released a statement: “President Trump thanks law enforcement and first responders for their quick action during this heinous act. He is fine and is being checked out at a local medical facility. More details will follow.”
The US Secret Service also released a statement, confirming, “The former President is safe.”
In the aftermath of the incident, Donald Trump’s eldest son and namesake, Donald Trump Jr., took to his X (formerly known as Twitter) account, with a photo of his father with a bloody face, surrounded by US Secret Service agents, fist-pumping the crowd of his supporters.
Junior captioned the image, “He’ll never stop fighting to Save America.”
He’ll never stop fighting to Save America 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/qT4Vd0sVTm
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) July 13, 2024
It’s certainly a bit of an unsettling thing to say, and post publicly, after your father’s life was put in direct danger just moments before. But, I suppose the fundraising has to start somewhere.
Featured image via screen capture/Flickr — Gage Skidmore, under Creative Commons license 2.0
