History is full of examples of violence against elected leaders and the United States is no exception. As our chart shows, four U.S. presidents have been assassinated while in office, with Ronald Reagan the only sitting president to survive an assassination attempt severely injured. Like Trump, former president Theodore Roosevelt was campaigning for a return to the White House, when he was shot and injured in an attack in 1912. Roosevelt survived with a bullet lodged in his chest muscle, after the bullet’s impact had been softened by folded paper and a glasses case in his pocket.
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55 sats \ 2 replies \ @grayruby 16 Jul
I am sure Google search traffic for all of these went parabolic after the Trump assassination attempt.
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43 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xbitcoiner OP 16 Jul
I think so. Current events are always catalysts for revisiting past events. And it's a good thing it's the way it is, it's never too much to remember.
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50 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 16 Jul
There was an attempt on Gerald Ford but she was caught early. Member of the Manson family
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45 sats \ 0 replies \ @Akg10s33 16 Jul
The truth is that I think that they are events that happen in all countries... perpetrated by opposition or hidden sides that do not want these people to ascend... because it would harm their own interests... like the last thing that happened with candidate Trump... and personally and I hope it's not like that, and I don't know if you'll be surprised when something like this or worse happens in El Salvador. In that country, the president has completely revolutionized life and history itself. Years and years may pass in El Salvador and everything will remain forever in history. What that president has done in such a short time and what I'm getting at is that there are hidden forces that do not suit an honest president... because he does not allow funds to be wasted or stolen from citizens' money... I hope everything works out and that president of Salvador Keep going and don't make any attempts on your life... or worse, kill you.
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16 sats \ 2 replies \ @Bell_curve 16 Jul
FDR in 1933
Truman in 1950
Ford in 1975
George W Bush 2005
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13 sats \ 1 reply \ @0xbitcoiner OP 16 Jul
faild assassination plots/attemps that left the targeted president unharmed ?
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16 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 16 Jul
All failed attempts, no harm to FDR the mayor of Chicago was killed by a bullet 1933
2 men broke into Blair House during White House renovation. Truman not hurt. Secret Service kills one and disabled the second intruder. 1950
Ford not hurt in 1975.
George W Bush not hurt. Grenade did not explode.
2005
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13 sats \ 0 replies \ @Lux 16 Jul
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