Trump faces unprecedented third assassination attempt

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Fox News senior White House correspondent Peter Doocy asks President Donald Trump why he is so often targeted after the WHCD emergency evacuation. President Donald Trump infamously acknowledges he is choosing the world's most "dangerous profession," but surviving a third unprecedented assassination attempt — including one where he was shot in the ear — is only hardening his resolve. "I've studied assassinations, and I must tell you, the most impactful people, the people that do the most" are the targets, Trump said in a Saturday night White House press briefing after an alleged would-be assassin was stopped by the U.S. Secret Service at the Washington Hilton, the notorious site of former President Ronald Reagan's shooting in 1981. "You take a look at the people, Abraham Lincoln, I mean, you go through the people that have gone through this where they