The former president, who was at his golf club in Florida, according to media reports, is “safe after shots were fired near him,” campaign communications director Steven Cheung said in a statement Donald Trump, adding that there were “No further details at this time.”
The Secret Service, tasked with protecting presidents, former presidents and high-profile political figures, announced on X that it was “investigating with the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office an incident involving former President Donald Trump that occurred shortly before from 14:00 (18:00). GMT).”
“The former president is safe,” the Secret Service confirmed. His communications director Anthony Guglielmi also announced that the 78-year-old United States would have been the target.
According to the first elements of the local media, there could also be a dispute between two people near Mr. Trump's golf club.
President Joe Biden and his running mate, Democratic nominee Kamala Harris, responded in a press release: “The President and Vice President have been informed of the security incident at the Trump International golf course (in Florida), where the former president practiced. They are relieved to know he is safe. They will be regularly briefed by their teams.
“I have been made aware of the shooting near former President Trump and his property in Florida and am pleased that he is safe. Violence doesn't happen in America,” wrote Kamala Harris on X.
On July 13, the former president was wounded in the ear following gunfire that left one dead and two wounded in the audience at a meeting in Pennsylvania in the country's northeast. Images of Donald Trump, with blood running down his face and fist raised, went around the world.
This security fiasco led to the resignation of the head of the Secret Service and the placing on official leave of at least five agents of this unit responsible for the protection of the highest American officials.
A week later, on July 21, under pressure from his own Democratic camp after a disastrous debate against Donald Trump, the 81-year-old President Biden dropped out of the race and ceded the seat to his vice president, Harris.