'Gunman' arrested after new bid to kill Donald Trump

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

83% : Trump himself took to social media shortly after the golf course was secured to praise the Secret Service and authorities for their 'incredible job'.
72% : New York Rep. Elise Stefanik, the House Republican Conference chair and a close ally of the former president, said she was grateful Trump was safe.
69% : Trump often holds court on the club's patio, playing DJ with his iPad.
51% : Law enforcement officials praised the work of the agents assigned to protect Trump.
48% : 'The Secret Service must come to Congress tomorrow, tell us what resources are needed to expand the protective perimeter, & lets allocate it in a bipartisan vote the same day.'President Joe Biden said in a statement that he was 'relieved' that Trump was unharmed and said 'there is no place for political violence or for any violence ever in our country.'
47% : While the Secret Service has grappled with how to keep Trump safe as he campaigns across the country, holding rallies that often draw thousands, less attention has focused on his protection when he is off the trail, often at his own clubs and properties.
46% : In an email to campaign staff Sunday night, senior campaign advisers Chris LaCivita and Susie Wiles credited the Secret Service for saving Trump, who has praised the agents in his own protective detail for their bravery as they rushed on stage to protect him in Butler, Pennsylvania.
40% : It comes just weeks after Trump was grazed in the ear by a bullet when a gunman was able to gain access to an unsecured roof at his Pennsylvania rally in July, unleashing a hail of bullets that left one supporter dead and two others badly injured.
39% : It was not clear how the suspect knew Trump was playing golf at the time, or what his motive was.Would be shooter Routh fled the scene in a car but later pulled over and surrendered to law enforcementRouth was interviewed in April 2022 in Kyiv, where he was taking part in a demonstration in support of Ukrainians trapped in the port city of MariupolThe house of Ryan Wesley Routh, the man arrested in connection with the apparent assesination attempt against former US President Trump in his golf course is seen on September 15, 2024 in Kaaawa, a small town located on the windward side of the island of Oahu, HawaiiPalm Beach County Sherrif Ric Bradshaw speaks at a press conference in West Palm Beach, Florida, on September 15, 2024Secret Service and Homeland Security agents check a former home of a suspect named by news organisations as Ryan W. Routh as the FBI investigates what they said was an apparent assassination attempt in FloridaPalm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw noted at a briefing that because Trump is no longer in office, security protocols around the course had loosened.
35% : While Trump was president, news photographers were often able to capture images of him on the greens by finding gaps in the shrubbery, but Sunday's round of golf was not part of any public schedule.
31% : Trump will be briefed in person Monday by acting Secret Service director Ronald Rowe about the investigation, according to a person familiar with the plan who was not authorised to speak publicly.
29% : The agent, who was part of a team that stays a hole or two ahead of Trump on the course to ward off potential threats, realised it was a rifle barrel and 'immediately engaged', firing a volley of shots at Routh.
28% : Read More The timeline of the second assassination attempt on Trump... and the moment Secret Service agents knew his life was in dangerShocking pictures broadcast yesterday showed the tall, slim man standing beside a car holding his hands above his head and raising his t-shirt to show officers he was no longer armed.
24% : He was found to be highly critical of Trump, and a staunch supporter of Ukraine's fight against Russia's invasion.
24% : His attempted attack on the former President is sure to raise new questions about the level of protection Trump is given just weeks away from November's presidential elections.

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