America's long history of presidential assassinations and attempts
Saturday's assassination attempt against former US president Donald Trump is not the first time that a US president has survived an attempt on his life.
This weekend’s assassination attempt against former US president Donald Trump failed, with minimal injury. While it is not the first time that a US president survives an assassination, it is one of the very few for a presidential candidate. In 1912, Theodore Roosevelt survived a similar attempt when campaigning to return to the White House and lived to …