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President Trump targeted again — only a handful on the left act like adults

Three major assassination attempts, yet media figures like Chuck Todd blame Trump for the violence against him

By Karol Markowicz Fox News

Published April 28, 2026 3:14pm EDT

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Over the weekend, President Donald Trump suffered his third major assassination attempt. In the first attempt, in Butler, Pennsylvania, in July 2024, a bullet clipped his ear. The shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, was killed by Secret Service agents. Two months later, in a second attempt, Ryan Routh was arrested while lying in wait at Trump’s West Palm Beach golf course.

These three major attempts don’t include attempts like the one by Austin Tucker Martin, who was shot dead by Secret Service agents two months ago after he breached the security barrier at Mar-a-Lago while Trump was not at the property. Nor do they include the one by Asif Merchant, a Pakistani business owner with ties to Iran, who had tried to hire hitmen to kill the president. Those stories were almost instantly out of the news cycle.

With a count of at least five, Trump has arguably been one of the most targeted presidents in American history. It’s long past time for his adversaries to do something to stop these attacks. What comes next after this kind of........

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