Trump's decade of assassination threats runs from Butler shooting to latest golf club breach President Donald Trump’s decade in national politics has been continuously haunted by gunshots, armed stalkers and thwarted plots. Two years after surviving a sniper's bullet in Butler, Pennsylvania, the president continues to navigate an unprecedented series of assassination attempts. From his early campaign trail to the most recent security breach at Trump National Golf Club in Rancho Palos Verdes, the president has been threatened by a steady stream of danger throughout his second term. TWO YEARS AFTER BUTLER, THREATS AGAINST TRUMP KEEP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT IN SHARP FOCUS Michael Steven Sandford
, a British national, tried to pull a Las Vegas police officer’s handgun from its holster while then-candidate Trump spoke at a campaign rally. According to court documents, Sandford told investigators he had traveled to Las Vegas intending to kill Trump and had practiced firing a rented handgun at a shooting range the previous day. Officers immediately subdued him, and no one was injured. Sandford pleaded guilty to federal firearm and disruption charges and was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison. Gregory Lee Leingang stole a forklift and drove it into a restricted area near the route planned for Trump’s motorcade before the president’s appearance at a refinery. Prosecutors said Le
ingang intended to use the forklift to overturn the presidential limousine and kill Trump. The forklift became stuck inside a gated area before the motorcade arrived, and Leingang abandoned it and fled on foot. He was arrested and later pleaded guilty to federal charges stemming from the security breach. Pascale Ferrier mailed a threatening letter containing homemade ricin to Trump at the White House during the 2020 presidential campaign. The envelope was intercepted at a mail-sorting facility before it reached the White House, and Trump was not exposed to the deadly toxin. Ferrier also sent ricin letters to eight law enforcement officials in Texas and was arrested at the U.S.-Canada border
