Secret service

Robby Soave | 9.16.2024 9:30 AM

The Secret Service has thwarted another assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, though the incident is bound to raise questions about the competence of the government authorities trusted to keep politicians safe.

On Sunday, at 1:30 p.m., the former president (and current presidential candidate) was golfing at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, when his security detail spotted a rifle in the bushes. The Secret Service opened fire, and the would-be assassin fled. He was later apprehended and identified as 57-year-old Ryan Wesley Routh.

The FBI is investigating "what appears to be an attempted assassination of former President Trump," according to Politico. This is, of course, the second attempt on Trump's life in two months. Unlike the July 13 attack in Butler, Pennsylvania—in which Trump was wounded in the ear and a bystander was killed—no one was harmed at the golf club on Sunday.

The Secret Service has been widely........

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