Donald Trump is rushed from the White House Correspondents’ Dinner after suspected gunshots heard
Attendees of the dinner ducked under tables amid scenes of widespread confusion during the incident, our Washington correspondent reports from the event
A shooter has been taken into custody, Trump writes on Truth Social
Story is developing in real time, check the actual link for more details, images and videos.
EDIT:
I flipped to CSPAN; apparently Trump is going to be doing a press conference at the White House in ~30 minutes, all cabinet members are uninjured, as well as seemingly all other guests, and the Correspondents’ Dinner is going to be rescheduled within 30 days.
EDIT 2, from the ‘article’:
Still not clear what happened
published at 20:48
Bernd Debusmann Jr
White House reporter, reporting from dinner
We still have no official confirmation of what took place.
But Fox News reporter Jacqui Heinrich, a member of the White House Correspondent’s Association’s board, posted on X that they’ve been told that an individual attempted to pass through metal detectors with a gun.
President Trump, according to Heinrich, was held in a nearby room and wanted the dinner to continue, though he just posted on social media that law enforcement have asked him to leave.
EDIT 3:
Trump has posted a video and two pictures of the assailant to his Truth Social.
Video (Seems like a smartphone aimed at security camera monitor):
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/116468650367386223
Pic 1:
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/116468652052256305
Pic 2:
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/116468652963767750
The man appears to have bum rushed through the metal detector area at a full sprint, but was stopped by a volley of shots from different security personnel.
… and apparently, according to Trump just now at the press conference, the guy shot one Secret Service agent, but he was wearing body armor, and is apparently not badly injured.
This can be seen in the video, the srcurity guy center frame appears to be shot in the lower abdomen, then quickly draws his weapon and begins firing at the now out of frame assailant, who sprinted past.
America is a joke. Americans are a joke.
Next morning martial law.
I mean, Trump has had the National Guard patrolling DC for… months now? Since his ‘military parade’. That never actually stopped.
But uh… yeah, nationwide martial law?
Who fucking knows, why not.
Clearly those cowards in the military can’t protect him. So he’ll call in ice to do it instead. And if they happen to run a reign of terror in the process? Boys will be boys.
The shooting tonight at the Washington Hilton demonstrates the need to have a White House ballroom, President Trump tells reporters in the press briefing room.
So he’s taking this opportunity to whine about his ballroom. As one does. Perfectly normal.
The WHCD is a private event, no affiliation with the government. It presumably would never happen at a White House ballroom.
*ballroom = bunker
Work on the bunker part got the green light, though.
On Thursday, the judge ruled that the Administration has to stop all aboveground work on the construction project until it receives Congressional approval. But his order permits the White House to continue construction underground, including on the military complex.
Can the FBI please rehire the guy who got Kirk to get trump?
These all fucking staged. Seriously so many "attempts " if any where real fucking someone would be dead that isn’t just the gun man. Bullshit. Trump is trying to setup a false flag to justify Marshall law and suspend elections.
Donald Trump is rushed from the White House Correspondents’ Dinner after suspected gunshots heard
But not rushed out, and instead lifted to face the crowd with fist raised after being shot at in Pennsylvania in 2024.
Hmmm. I guess that means this shooter wasn’t cleared with Secret Service first.
Sounds like a way for that shitgibbon to get out of having to socialize with people he doesn’t respect. He wants smart people to like him, and only uses these dumb twats to stay in power. Staging ANOTHER fake shooting is on brand.
he has “fake smart” people that like him.
Wasn’t it leaked in a memo that Trump was planning some kind of “confrontation” at the dinner?
Is anyone stupid enough to believe this asshole?
That was my first reaction too. I usually try to stop myself from falling into conspiracy thinking, but in this case it’s hard to do when a few days prior the Internet has been full with an alleged memo with plans to stage something dramatic for the press at this specific event.
Can’t rule out a real attack but at this point I wouldn’t exactly say it’s the option with the highest probability for this government filled with tv personalities at record low popularity…
also happened more than once, several assassination attempts with no followup, or investigation by the news in detail, and not vague, " caught this person". Also ms Lying cross leavitt mentioned there will be some of shooting later on.
In this case it’s extremely transparent. His polling is in the dumpster, and they last time someone “shot at him” started a long reversal in that fortune.
Well he’s definitely going to win one prize: us president with the highest number of assassination attempts.
I vote we call this award the “Nobel Rest in Peace” prize.
It’s easy to have the highest number of attempted assassinations when you repeatedly stage them.
I was downvoted for this. Another assassination before important voting…
“HIGHEST APPROVAL EVER” also lowkey 3 assassination attempts. This asshole is living in the biggest bubble since the dot com boom.
This is SUCH a SAD thing to Happen to our Wonderful Leader!
-Jack Black!
The door dash lady didn’t generate enough attention, so they are upping the dramatics.
that distraction was done to death, like he has his grocery store, mcdonalds, his garbage truck gaffes. and hes constant falling asleep like a child would when the parents confront them about a problem they caused isnt working anymore. even bringing out rfk jr and JD VANCE out of the woodwork dint help.
Door dash lady?
They flew in some old gal from Arkansas that looked like half chewed beef jerky who (if she actually was a door dash lady) was old enough that she should be retired but obviously couldn’t get by without having to work for door dash during her golden years so that she could gush over how wonderful it was that her tips weren’t getting taxed.
It came out that they’d used the same lady as a prop at some other political circle jerk in the months prior.
She’s an actor they pull up every now and then
Thought she was technically a lobbyist for doordash’s push for the "no tax on tips* scheme.
I’d totally missed this story, OMG. Fucking incredible. Thanks for the summary.
Let’s compare and contrast his reactions and comments to a real assassination attempt Vs the staged one.
… he’s never had a real one.
I think this one could be real. There wasn’t a very good photo op this time.
Hmm. A correspondents dinner he never attended before in any presidency, Leavitt saying shots were going to be fired, a roast he didn’t want afterward (or was it replaced with a mentalist) and according to the video he didn’t react at all, but that could well be the dementia.
You sure about that? Really?
Nobody is sure about anything
Little bit off topic but… This was the first time Trump attended. Biden attended in 2024 as usual and Colin Jost made jokes. Last year they didn’t have any entertainer. Trump won and they immediately tried to appease him by breaking with the tradition and not making any jokes about the administration. This is US press in a nutshell. Access is the most important thing for them. They will be nice to a fascist just to be able to sit in the same room with him.
