| | Trump's defiant reaction to the shooting became instantly iconic.<ref>[https://www.newsweek.com/trump-shooting-iconic-moment-photo-pennsylvania-1924879 Trump's Defiant Reaction to Shooting Becomes Instantly Iconic], Jenni Fink, ''Newsweek'', Jul 13, 2024</ref> | | Trump's defiant reaction to the shooting became instantly iconic.<ref>[https://www.newsweek.com/trump-shooting-iconic-moment-photo-pennsylvania-1924879 Trump's Defiant Reaction to Shooting Becomes Instantly Iconic], Jenni Fink, ''Newsweek'', Jul 13, 2024</ref> |
| − | Trump's assassination attempt was condemned by current and former political figures, left and right, the world over. The attack marks the first time a sitting or former US president was injured in an unsuccessful assassination attempt since [[Ronald Regan]] was shot in March 1981, over 43 years prior. After Reagan, Trump is the seventh US president to be subject to a successful or unsuccessful assassination attempt, the others being the failed attempt on [[Theodore Roosevelt]], and the succeeded attempts on [[Abraham Lincoln]], [[James A. Garfield]], [[William McKinley]] and [[John F. Kennedy]]. | + | Trump's assassination attempt was condemned by current and former political figures, left and right, the world over. The attack marks the first time a sitting or former US president was injured in an unsuccessful assassination attempt since [[Ronald Reagan]] was shot in March 1981, over 43 years prior. After Reagan, Trump is the seventh US president to be subject to a successful or unsuccessful assassination attempt, the others being the failed attempt on [[Theodore Roosevelt]], and the succeeded attempts on [[Abraham Lincoln]], [[James A. Garfield]], [[William McKinley]] and [[John F. Kennedy]]. |