Trump escorted from briefing after shooting outside White House

 

U.S. President Donald Trump leaves a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., August 10, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump was abruptly escorted from the White House briefing room on Monday shortly after a shooting outside the fence surrounding the complex.

 

Trump returned to the media room after several minutes and said a person had been shot by law enforcement and to the hospital. He said he understood the suspect had been armed.

 

"It was a shooting outside of the White House," Trump said. "It seems to be very well under control. ... But there was an actual shooting, and somebody has been taken to the hospital. I don't know the condition of the person."

 

He said the shooting was near the fence at the edge of the White House grounds.

 

Nobody else was wounded in the shooting, Trump said. He praised the Secret Service response and said the agency would have more details on the event later.

 

"There were no details - we just found out just now," Trump told reporters.

 

The Secret Service did not immediately respond to queries about the incident.

 

Minutes into a news briefing, Trump was taken out of the room with no explanation for the disruption. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought were also taken out of the room and the doors were locked.

 

Trump told reporters he was taken to the Oval Office outside the briefing room after he was escorted out.

 

(Reporting by Jeff Mason; Writing by Doina Chiacu; Editing by Mohammad Zargham, Sandra Maler and Sonya Hepinstall)

 

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Time for another bunker inspection.

 

 

Thank you Secret Service for protecting duly elected President and Commander-in-chief Donald J. Trump!

 

A job well done!

Edited August 10, 20205 yr by Kelsall

It is Washington DC. Shootings are like candy. Next press briefing: Bunker!

2 minutes ago, Kelsall said:

Thank you Secret Service for protecting duly elected President and Commander-in-chief Donald J. Trump!

 

A job well done!

Yes it was very smoothly handled. Trump was so cool about it, didn't even raise an eyebrow. Well done all, and hope they catch the shooter. Why do they keep resorting to violence? They will have a chance in November to change the President in an election. 

He was back out in the briefing room in minutes, and a reporter asked him if he was ‘rattled’ to which he replied “do I look rattled” while looking completely calm. 
 

One of his better owns of the stupid media fools. 

Pelosi never was a good shot.

13 minutes ago, TopDeadSenter said:

Yes it was very smoothly handled. Trump was so cool about it, didn't even raise an eyebrow. Well done all, and hope they catch the shooter. Why do they keep resorting to violence? They will have a chance in November to change the President in an election. 

Of course he was cool, they didnt tell him. All the said was that he needs to leave.

 

Bunker Boy gone again.

What an absolute Joke of a President! He’s inside a walled building, a building with walls and bulletproof windows, with a small army of armed soldiers and surrounded by a team of people with guns...and he’s still afraid that the has to hide in his little bunker!?! If Joe Biden we’re president, he wouldn’t runaway, he wouldn’t hide in his bunker, he would face it head on! He would save America, he would end systemic white supremacy infecting the US and put a stop to racism.  Joe wouldn’t hide but now we see Trump would

3 minutes ago, Sujo said:

Of course he was cool, they didnt tell him. All the said was that he needs to leave.

 

Bunker Boy gone again.

When the Secret Service interrupts a press conference and tells the President he has to leave, President Trump knows something serious is going on.  Both President Trump and the Secret Service handled it well.

I watched the press briefing which contained the usual large amount of false and misleading claims by trump. Was there a 'serious' treat to the life of the president, nope, but he did handle the situation well for a change, didn't start blaming democrats...

1 hour ago, TopDeadSenter said:

Yes it was very smoothly handled. Trump was so cool about it, didn't even raise an eyebrow. Well done all, and hope they catch the shooter. Why do they keep resorting to violence? They will have a chance in November to change the President in an election. 

Looks like the depends held long enough to reach the bunker!

 

42 minutes ago, Mama Noodle said:

Who wants to tell this person what Biden has been doing for the last few months. 

Joe was out riding his bicycle today besides running a very successful campaign during a pandemic you know beeing responsible and not getting folks exposed sick and some dead

 

1 hour ago, TopDeadSenter said:

Yes it was very smoothly handled. Trump was so cool about it, didn't even raise an eyebrow. Well done all, and hope they catch the shooter. Why do they keep resorting to violence? They will have a chance in November to change the President in an election. 

Who is 'they' please?

1 hour ago, TopDeadSenter said:

Yes it was very smoothly handled. Trump was so cool about it, didn't even raise an eyebrow. Well done all, and hope they catch the shooter. Why do they keep resorting to violence? They will have a chance in November to change the President in an election. 

Is'nt that the American way? The 2nd amendment, The right to bear arms, Have gun, will shoot! Yee haa!

17 minutes ago, Mama Noodle said:

I’ll help ya:

 

“The left”

So the left keeps resorting to violence.

 

That makes the post a big load of <deleted>.

Off-topic, troll posts reported and removed.  

 

Btw, was he escorted out before or after he announced a new tax cut for the rich?

2 hours ago, simple1 said:

I watched the press briefing which contained the usual large amount of false and misleading claims by trump. Was there a 'serious' treat to the life of the president, nope, but he did handle the situation well for a change, didn't start blaming democrats...

 

So maybe it was all just an excuse to force him stop lying for a few minutes.

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Trump escorted from briefing

They should do that more often.

2 hours ago, TopDeadSenter said:

Yes it was very smoothly handled. Trump was so cool about it, didn't even raise an eyebrow. Well done all, and hope they catch the shooter. Why do they keep resorting to violence? They will have a chance in November to change the President in an election. 

Why do they keep resorting to violence? Because the Republicans make it so easy for any nutjob to own a gun.

5 minutes ago, Susco said:

 

So maybe it was all just an excuse to force him stop lying for a few minutes.

Stop him momentarily and in no time he was back with more lies. Old habits die hard.  

3 hours ago, Kelsall said:

Thank you Secret Service for protecting duly elected President and Commander-in-chief Donald J. Trump!

 

A job well done!

Obviously it's good when the Secret Service does their job.

And it would be even better if the guy who they protect would do his job - at least from time to time. Unfortunately there is not much hope for that anytime soon.

4 hours ago, TopDeadSenter said:

Yes it was very smoothly handled. Trump was so cool about it, didn't even raise an eyebrow. Well done all, and hope they catch the shooter. Why do they keep resorting to violence? They will have a chance in November to change the President in an election. 

The report only confirms that somebody who was armed was shot by officers, so they did catch the ‘subject’ who is not yet confirmed a ‘shooter’.

 

Who you believe ‘they’ are and on what basis you claim ‘they keep resorting to violence’ is a mystery.

2 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Who you believe ‘they’ are and on what basis you claim ‘they keep resorting to violence’ is a mystery.

Obvious the others, those f#%#ing DEMS, socialists, communists, CNN, etc. ???? 

I understand people wishing to exercise their 2nd Amendment rights, but outside the White House is perhaps not the place to do so.

 

However, I suggest we all put a pin in that.

4 hours ago, TopDeadSenter said:

Trump was so cool about it, didn't even raise an eyebrow.

 

Must have been his years of experience at the front line. A brave man.     

3 minutes ago, Paiman said:

 

Must have been his years of experience at the front line. A brave man.     

Yes, his heroic efforts in Vietnam.......wait a minute!

46 minutes ago, Phoenix Rising said:

Yes, his heroic efforts in Vietnam.......wait a minute!

Naaa it was his years of never suffering the consequences of beeing a ignorant loud mouth first shielded by daddy’s wealth and lots and lots of lawyers now shielded by the secret service the military the mantle of potus plus his pet ag billey Barr he is what he is

5 hours ago, ShindenGo said:

What an absolute Joke of a President! He’s inside a walled building, a building with walls and bulletproof windows, with a small army of armed soldiers and surrounded by a team of people with guns...and he’s still afraid that the has to hide in his little bunker!?! If Joe Biden we’re president, he wouldn’t runaway, he wouldn’t hide in his bunker, he would face it head on! He would save America, he would end systemic white supremacy infecting the US and put a stop to racism.  Joe wouldn’t hide but now we see Trump would

Trump was taken out the building by security , it wasnt Trumps decision .

Never the less, an understandable decision .

Safety first