One of the most dramatic and chaotic presidential campaigns in modern US political history was dealt another shocking development, when members of the Secret Service engaged what law enforcement described as a rifle-wielding potential assassin near former President Donald Trump on Sunday.

Sunday was to be a day of relative rest for Donald Trump, rare this deep into a presidential campaign. Aside from sounding off on social media, golf was on his agenda.

US Secret Service agents opened fire after seeing a person with a firearm near former President Donald Trump’s golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Sunday, according to the Associated Press. His campaign said he was safe.

Shots were fired in the vicinity of former President Donald Trump’s golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida on Sunday while the ex-president was at the facility, according to a Trump campaign spokesman.

Former President Donald Trump is "safe" after shots were fired at Trump National Golf Club on Sunday. Multiple shots were fired at the club in West Palm Beach, Florida, where Trump, the 2024 GOP presidential nominee,