Trump returns to scene of DC shooting, sets out his aggressive election plan

June 27, 2026 — 10:00am

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Washington, DC: If Donald Trump was at all apprehensive about returning to the Washington Hilton hotel, where he was allegedly the target of an assassination attempt two months ago, he didn’t show it.

Speaking to the Faith and Freedom Coalition in the same ballroom as that ill-fated White House Correspondents Association dinner, Trump didn’t dwell on the incident, save for a brief opening reference.

“I remember this place,” he said. “Hopefully, we’ll have a little more pleasant experience.”

Instead, Trump wanted to talk about the results of last week’s Democratic primaries in New York. And what he said constituted a preview of the next four months in US politics leading up to November’s midterm elections.

Republicans will seize on the leftward shift among Democratic voters in big liberal cities, using it to portray the party as being taken over by “communist” infiltrators who hate America and want to trash its foundations.

“They’re communists, they’re not social democrats,” Trump said of the left-wing candidates in New York who won their primaries........

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