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Incidents where President Trump was also present<\/p>\n
On Saturday, April 25, the traditional annual gala evening with journalists, which is held in Washington, and attended by Donald Trump and his wife, turned into chaos when a gunman tried to force his way in.<\/p>\n
Hundreds of journalists, cabinet members, diplomats and prominent figures from the Washington elite, who only moments before were they were chatting pleasantly over food and drink, suddenly they sat on the floor or lay down. A loud noise was heard in front of the great hall of the Washington Hilton hotel.<\/p>\n
The president of the United States of America, who at that moment was sitting at the main table on a raised platform at the White House press dinner, did not react at first, he remained indifferent, AFP reports.<\/p>\n
Members of the Secret Service, the agency responsible for protecting high-ranking officials, basically climbed the stage with guns in hand under a banner of sign that read “White House Correspondents’ Association” after the shooting to lead senior officials to safety.<\/p>\n
Members of the 79-year-old billionaire’s bodyguard and heavily armed security rushed onto the stage where the main table was, surrounded and led the president out of the room, along with his wife Melania and other senior officials: Vice President J.D. Vance, White House press secretary Caroline Leavitt and several members of the cabinet.<\/p>\n
Only two people remained at the main table on stage.<\/p>\n
The background music of the hall, filled with a pale blue light that added to the surreal atmosphere of the moment, suddenly died.<\/p>\n
The news spread very quickly that shots had been fired, which Mehmet Oz, the head of the program public health insurance, he conveyed to a group of reporters as he himself was led out of the room by law enforcement officers.<\/p>\n
For several long minutes, the guests, who were “chased” by law enforcement to the ground floor of the hotel, remained anxious, clutching their cell phones as they waited for news of the president, until he announced on his social network Truth that he was healthy and well. safe.<\/p>\n
Trump initially suggested that the event, which he attended for the first time as president, be held. But then he announced that the event was ultimately canceled but that he would hold a press conference at the White House.<\/p>\n
Some of the reporters rushed out of the hotel, the same one where then-President Ronald Reagan survived an assassination attempt in 1981. As the helicopter buzzed overhead, reporters made their way through throngs of police officers and police cars with flashing lights.<\/p>\n
Two hours after the incident, the president the American, dressed in a formal tuxedo, appeared before the assembled journalists and guests. He talked about a “potential killer” who intended to “kill” and gave details – the gunman tried to break into the security area at the entrance of the hall where everything was happening and was arrested.<\/p>\n
Trump said that a police officer was shot in the process.<\/p>\n
“It was a little different evening than we expected, but we will do it again,” the billionaire promised.<\/p>\n
During his first term, like last year, Trump avoided this gala dinner, intended as a celebration of press freedom, in which all his predecessors have attended since the 1920s. Since returning to power, Trump has relentlessly attacked the media.<\/p>\n
But on Saturday night, the US Republican leader appeared to call a truce of sorts with reporters and the media.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to thank the reporters, the media, you you have been very responsible in your reporting,” he said from the podium in the White House press conference room.\u00a0\/tesheshi<\/p>\n
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