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Butler one year later: Revisiting the historic assassination attempt against Donald Trump

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Presidential candidate Donald Trump took the stage at a routine campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, exactly a year ago, on July 13, 2024, one of hundreds he’d appeared at since announcing his first presidential campaign in 2015.
But this rally turned out unlike any other of his political career.
As Trump stood at the podium, with supporters holding signs that said «Joe Biden, you’re fired!» directly behind him, the president pointed to a chart detailing low illegal immigration numbers at the end of his first term and how they’d risen under the Biden administration.
«That chart’s a couple of months old, and if you want to really see something that’s sad, take a look at what happened,» Trump said, halting as the sound of gunshots pierced the air.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump reacts as multiple shots rang out during a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pennsylvania, July 13, 2024. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)
TRUMP REVEALS CRUCIAL, SPLIT-SECOND MOMENT THAT SAVED HIS LIFE DURING BUTLER ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT
Moments later, Trump ducked, and Secret Service agents rushed to his side. More gunshots followed, and attendees fearfully screamed while Trump remained covered, waiting for the all-clear sign.
Once given the green light, Secret Service personnel rose alongside Trump to escort him from the stage. But Trump didn’t hide himself from his supporters. Instead, he emerged from the huddle, raised his fist high in the air, and said «fight» three times, prompting the audience to erupt and chant «U-S-A!» as he exited.
Ultimately, 20-year-old gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks fired eight bullets at Trump from a rooftop during the rally, with a bullet grazing Trump’s ear. The gunman also killed Corey Comperatore, a 50-year-old firefighter, father and husband attending the rally, and injured two others.
A Secret Service sniper killed Crooks during the shooting, and an FBI investigation remains in progress. No motive has been determined for why Crooks conducted the attack.
Classmates of Crooks have described him as a «loner» subjected to bullying, and the FBI told reporters in August 2024 that Crooks likely suffered from an undiagnosed disorder.
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The Secret Service tends to Donald Trump onstage at a rally July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
«It was unforgettable,» Trump said during an exclusive interview clip that aired Thursday on «My View with Lara Trump.» «I didn’t know exactly what was going on. I got a whack.
«People were screaming, and I got down quickly, fortunately, because I think they shot eight bullets.»
Trump’s chief of staff Susie Wiles, who then served as Trump’s campaign co-chair, said she initially believed Trump had been killed.
«You think the worst,» Wiles said in an interview that dropped Wednesday with Miranda Devine on «Pod Force One.» «You cannot – it’s human – you can’t think otherwise. And when he stood up, I thought, ‘Oh my gosh.’»
Wiles recounted that, due to the immigration chart, Trump had just moved his head slightly at the time of the ambush, a key adjustment in Trump’s posture as Crooks started to fire at him.
TRUMP CHIEF OF STAFF SUSIE WILES RECOUNTS BUTLER ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT, THOUGHT PRESIDENT WAS DEAD AT FIRST

Donald Trump, with blood on his face and surrounded by Secret Service agents, is escorted off the stage in Butler, Pennsylvania, July 13, 2024. (Rebecca Droke/AFP via Getty Images)
«So, to have him ask for that chart, eight minutes in, and to have it come on the side that was opposite, caused him to look in a different direction and lift his head just a little because it was higher, and that just doesn’t happen because it happened,» she said.
«But it was a scary time, and it changed everything for us. The security became front and center, which it hadn’t been before.»
The attack led to an overhaul of the Secret Service in the past year to prevent another attack like the one in Pennsylvania. The Department of Homeland Security issued a report in October 2024, which determined that if the Secret Service didn’t enact reforms, another episode like the one in Pennsylvania was possible.
«The Secret Service does not perform at the elite levels needed to discharge its critical mission,» the report said. «The Secret Service has become bureaucratic, complacent, and static even though risks have multiplied and technology has evolved.»
Since then, the Secret Service has ushered in several key reforms to bolster its security measures and suspended six of its agents due to their response at Butler.
TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AFTERMATH, REACTIONS FROM INNER CIRCLE REVEALED IN NEW BOOK

Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents on July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania. (Evan Vucci/The Associated Press)
Trump spoke about the attempt on his life days later at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, wearing a bandage on his ear and telling audience members he was «not supposed to be here tonight.» In response, the crowd started to chant back, «Yes you are!»
«Many people say it was a providential moment. Probably was,» Trump said at the convention. «When I rose, surrounded by Secret Service, the crowd was confused because they thought I was dead. And there was great, great sorrow. I could see that on their faces.
«As I looked out, they didn’t know I was looking out. They thought it was over. But I could see it. I wanted to do something to let them know I was OK. I raised my right arm, looked at the thousands and thousands of people that were breathlessly waiting and started shouting, ‘Fight, fight, fight.’»
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Today, a painting depicting Trump’s fist raised with blood smeared across his face stands in the White House’s entrance hall.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News Digital Friday that «God spared President Trump’s life by a miraculous millimeter.»
«Now one year later, President Trump is standing stronger than ever as he continues to ‘fight, fight, fight’ for the American people,» Leavitt said.
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Defense Secretary Hegseth considers reversing Army ban on aggressive ‘shark attack’ training

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is considering reversing a ban on the «shark attack,» the time-honored aggressive practice used by drill sergeants to train U.S. Army recruits in basic training.
The practice was usually employed at the beginning of training by having several drill sergeants swarming trainees and yelling in their faces at the top of their lungs.
«It starts at basic training. It starts at our military academies,» Hegseth said Thursday during an appearance on «The Will Cain Show.»
«We are going back to basics. Drill sergeants will be drill sergeants with knife hands who ensure, who maintain good order and discipline and train up great recruits who will make great formations. Just like we need military officers with that same rigorous discipline and background. So, we’re going back to the basics, and it’s bearing fruit.»
HEGSETH VOWS TO RESTORE WARRIOR MENTALITY AND RAISE STANDARDS IN SWEEPING MILITARY TRANSFORMATION
U.S. Army drill sergeants assigned to Foxtrot 1st Battalion 34th Infantry Regiment participate in the «shark attack» or fear stage of the discipline process, as trainees arrive on the first day of basic combat training June 12, 2017, at Fort Jackson, S.C. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Philip McTaggart/Released)
The Army began phasing out the shark attack in recent years and largely ended it in 2020. It was replaced by the ‘First 100 Yards,’ a more structured training exercise designed to build camaraderie and encourage teamwork under stress.
«‘The First 100 Yards’ is a U.S. Army trainee’s first exposure to their Basic Training (BCT), Drill Sergeants, and their first opportunity to begin their transformation as members of the world’s most potent and lethal fighting force,» the U.S. Army Center for Initial Military Training posted on Facebook. «‘The First 100 Yards,’ a homage to their lineage of closing the last 100 yards of the fight, incorporates teamwork into a competition that features mental and physical challenges on the day they arrive to their basic training company.»
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The act of replacing the shark attack grew out of deliberations at the Army Infantry School in Fort Benning, Georgia. Senior leaders believed the practice was outdated but stressed at the time that the Army was not going soft despite the absence of the in-your-face pile-on trainees were subjected to.
Supporters of the shark attack said it helps trainees transition from civilian to military life and prepares them for the chaotic environment some will experience on the battlefield.
«The secretary is very excited to be making basic training great,» Defense Department press secretary Kingsley Wilson said Thursday. «Again, I can confirm that he’s going to be looking at basic training and making sure that the standards are where they should be.
«We want our warfighters to be strong, and that starts in basic training, and we want to make sure we really, again, go back to basics. And shark attacks are going to be something that he is looking at reinstating.»

Sgts. 1st Class Alec Donahoe and Todd Owen, drill sergeants with the Mississippi National Guard Recruiting and Retention Battalion, motivate a warrior in the Recruit Sustainment Program during a «shark attack» Oct. 7, 2017. (U.S. National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Scott Tynes)
One Army unit recently reversed a ban on «tossing bays,» another traditional practice in which drill sergeants overturn bunks and mattresses, wall lockers, garbage cans and other items in the bays where enlisted trainees sleep, forcing them to clean the area.
A July 31 memo by Col. Christopher J.C. Hallows, commander of the 197th Infantry Brigade, which trains infantry soldiers, announced that bay tossing was «strictly prohibited.»
«Drill sergeants will not ‘toss’ the bay to include flipping mattresses, knocking over wall lockers, touching and/or damaging Trainee personal items or equipment,» the memo states. «Drill sergeants will not use bay ‘tossing’ for any reason to include methods of corrective action.»
On Sunday, Hallows issued another memo reversing the ban.
On Thursday, Hegseth noted that bay tossing and the shark attack have been part of basic training for decades.

U.S. Army Drill Sgt. 1st Class Aleman assigned to Foxtrot 1st Battalion 34th Infantry Regiment participates in the «shark attack» or fear stage of the discipline process. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Darius Davis)
«It’s the basic stuff that anyone who went through any form of basic training for decades understood as a recruit, you were going into a crucible,» he said. «You were going to be forged. You were gonna be challenged. You were to be scared, nervous and anxious.
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«And by coming through that, you are gonna be forged an American warrior. A shark attack is when drill sergeants surround one particular enlistee, right?» he added. «Creating a stressful situation that they have to figure out how to manage. Bed tossing inside barracks after you’ve had a long day doing map out on the range or walk in patrol — this is basic stuff. This is not beyond what’s been done. This is a restoration.»
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EEUU corregirá los aranceles aplicados a Japón tras detectar un error respecto al acuerdo firmado en julio

Japón informó este viernes que Estados Unidos aplicó de forma incorrecta los nuevos aranceles a productos japoneses, violando los términos de un acuerdo bilateral alcanzado en julio. Washington admitió el error y se comprometió a corregir la orden ejecutiva correspondiente, además de reembolsar los pagos excedentes ya cobrados, según confirmó el negociador japonés en materia arancelaria, Ryosei Akazawa.
“El Gobierno de Estados Unidos ha reconocido que se cometió un error al establecer un arancel adicional del 15 % sobre gravámenes ya existentes, en lugar de aplicar un arancel fijo del 15 %, como estaba estipulado”, declaró Akazawa a la prensa japonesa en Washington. La información fue confirmada también por la cadena pública NHK, que cubre la visita de la delegación japonesa a EEUU.
El anuncio se produjo tras una reunión de más de tres horas entre Akazawa y los secretarios estadounidenses de Comercio, Howard Lutnick, y del Tesoro, Scott Bessent. Según un comunicado emitido por la Cancillería japonesa, el negociador “confirmó una vez más el contenido del acuerdo sobre aranceles recíprocos e instó a Estados Unidos a corregir la orden ejecutiva lo antes posible”.
La disputa surge luego de que Estados Unidos activara la nueva política arancelaria del presidente Donald Trump en la medianoche del jueves. La orden impuso un gravamen adicional del 15 % a productos importados desde Japón, lo que en algunos casos elevó los aranceles totales por encima de lo negociado. Tokio sostiene que esta aplicación no refleja el acuerdo alcanzado el pasado 22 de julio, cuando ambas partes pactaron un arancel fijo del 15 %, más bajo que el 25 % previamente amenazado y del 24 % anunciado en abril.
“Es sumamente lamentable que se haya emitido y puesto en vigor una orden presidencial que no cumple con el acuerdo entre Japón y EEUU”, expresó Akazawa. El funcionario también señaló que no se ha fijado una fecha concreta para la corrección, ya que se trata de un procedimiento administrativo interno de Estados Unidos. No obstante, indicó que la modificación “tendrá efecto retroactivo” y cubrirá las tasas cobradas hasta que se aplique la enmienda.
El acuerdo bilateral incluía, además del arancel del 15 % sobre importaciones generales desde Japón, una cláusula clave sobre la industria automotriz. La Administración Trump se comprometió a reducir los aranceles automotrices del 27,5 % al 15 % para vehículos y autopartes japonesas.

Esta rebaja fue negociada a cambio de una promesa de inversión por parte del gobierno japonés en territorio estadounidense. Sin embargo, Tokio aún espera claridad sobre cuándo se aplicará esta reducción.
El gobierno japonés ha mantenido que confía en que Washington cumplirá los términos acordados. En sus declaraciones, Akazawa reiteró que Japón actuará con base en el entendimiento alcanzado y continuará monitoreando los desarrollos administrativos en EEUU.
Este incidente ocurre en un contexto en el que Estados Unidos ha implementado aranceles diferenciados por país como parte de su política comercial bajo el lema “América primero”.
Japón, que buscaba un trato preferencial, consideró que había asegurado un alivio arancelario mediante negociaciones directas. La aplicación incorrecta del gravamen generó preocupación inmediata en Tokio sobre la solidez de los compromisos estadounidenses.
En tanto, Washington aún no ha emitido una orden formal de rectificación. Se espera que el Departamento de Comercio publique una revisión oficial de la orden ejecutiva en los próximos días. Hasta entonces, las empresas japonesas afectadas aguardan una resolución que garantice el reembolso y la estabilidad en las reglas de comercio bilateral.
(Con información de EFE)
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Estas son las cinco condiciones aprobadas por Israel para poner fin a la guerra en Gaza

Israel dio un nuevo paso en su estrategia militar y política en la Franja de Gaza al definir los términos que, según su gobierno, permitirían poner fin al actual conflicto con el grupo terrorista Hamas. En una sesión clave celebrada este viernes, el Gabinete de Seguridad aprobó una serie de principios que establecen las condiciones mínimas para un eventual alto el fuego, así como un nuevo plan de acción militar centrado en la ocupación de la Ciudad de Gaza, uno de los últimos bastiones del grupo islamista.
Las decisiones se producen en un momento en que el conflicto ha alcanzado un punto crítico tanto en el frente militar como en el terreno diplomático. Las autoridades israelíes sostienen que la derrota total de Hamas y la recuperación de los rehenes son objetivos innegociables. A la vez, se intensifican los debates internos sobre la viabilidad y el impacto humanitario de una ocupación más amplia del enclave palestino.
Los principios, informados por la Oficina del Primer Ministro, son:
- El desarme de Hamas.
- El regreso de todos los rehenes, vivos y muertos.
- La desmilitarización de Gaza.
- Control de seguridad israelí en Gaza.
- El establecimiento de una administración civil que no sea ni Hamas ni la Autoridad Palestina.
Según el comunicado oficial, “una mayoría decisiva de ministros del Gabinete de Seguridad creía que el plan alternativo que se había presentado al Gabinete de Seguridad no lograría la derrota de Hamas ni el regreso de los rehenes”.
Horas antes de la aprobación de la misión, el primer ministro Benjamin Netanyahu declaró que Israel no quiere gobernar Gaza. “Queremos entregársela a fuerzas árabes que la gobiernen adecuadamente sin amenazarnos y garantizando una vida digna para los gazatíes; eso no es posible con Hamas”, afirmó.
En la misma sesión, el gabinete también aprobó un plan militar presentado por Netanyahu para que las Fuerzas de Defensa de Israel (FDI) ocupen la Ciudad de Gaza, situada en el norte del enclave palestino. La decisión fue comunicada oficialmente por la Oficina del Primer Ministro y confirmada por medios locales.
Según el comunicado, las FDI se prepararán para avanzar sobre la ciudad y se comprometerán a garantizar la provisión de ayuda humanitaria a la población civil ubicada fuera de las zonas de combate. La oficina del primer ministro señaló que el gabinete respaldó la “propuesta de Netanyahu para derrotar a Hamas” y que Israel “proporcionará ayuda humanitaria a la población civil fuera de las zonas de combate”.
Indicó, además, que de los 50 rehenes que Israel contabiliza como aún cautivos de Hamas, se cree que 20 continúan con vida. El regreso de estas personas, junto con la eliminación de la capacidad militar del grupo, forman parte central de los principios aprobados.
Medios israelíes señalaron que el plan alternativo rechazado sería el impulsado por el jefe del Estado Mayor de las FDI, Eyal Zamir, quien expresó su oposición a la ocupación total de la franja, argumentando que podría derivar en un desastre humanitario y poner en riesgo la vida de los cautivos.
El comunicado del gobierno se refiere únicamente a la Ciudad de Gaza y no menciona la ocupación de toda la Franja, aunque el jueves Netanyahu había declarado que su objetivo era tomar el control total del enclave. La ciudad representa aproximadamente el 25% del territorio que las FDI todavía no controlan, junto con varios campos de refugiados en el centro de Gaza.
No está claro si las otras áreas no conquistadas serán incluidas en etapas posteriores del plan aprobado. El énfasis en la Ciudad de Gaza indica que la toma de control militar se iniciará de manera gradual.
La ciudad, donde viven cerca de 800.000 residentes, es uno de los últimos bastiones bajo control de Hamas y concentra una alta densidad de población civil. Su eventual ocupación reduciría aún más el territorio habitable para los 2 millones de habitantes de Gaza y anticipa complejidades operativas y humanitarias en las próximas semanas.
(Con información de EFE)
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