{"id":2036,"date":"2026-08-05T04:37:53","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T04:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2036"},"modified":"2026-08-05T04:37:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T04:37:53","slug":"trump-says-hes-a-consequential-president-after-latest-security-scare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2036","title":{"rendered":"Trump Says He\u2019s A \u2018Consequential\u2019 President After Latest Security Scare"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p><span>President Donald Trump responded to the latest potential threat against his life with a notably upbeat reaction during his first public comments on the incident.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2034\">Squad Member Cori Bush\u2019s Comeback Bid Ends In Humiliating Defeat<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWell the only thing I get a little solace from is they say only consequential presidents [are targeted for assassination] and I am definitely consequential,\u201d Trump said when asked by Fox News\u2019s Trace Gallagher about the ongoing concerns over assassination threats. The remarks were Trump\u2019s first public comments on the incident and were notably briefer than his responses to previous threats.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Secret Service is investigating whether the armed man arrested outside of Trump\u2019s National Golf Club in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, on Sunday intended to harm the president.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Jeanine John Taele, 38, was arrested after FBI agents allegedly found\u00a0him carrying a 16-round magazine in his pocket.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Department, Taele was also seen taking photographs and videos near the property.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2032\">The Left\u2019s Presidential Darkhorse Isn\u2019t A Politician At All<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>If investigators determine that Taele was targeting Trump, it would mark the third widely reported threat involving the president this year, following the Secret Service\u2019s fatal shooting of an armed individual carrying a shotgun and gas canister near Mar-a-Lago and the arrest of a man who breached security at the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Before 2026, President Trump survived an assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, in July 2024, when a gunman grazed his ear with a bullet. Weeks later, another armed suspect was discovered hiding with a rifle near Trump International Golf Club in Florida before authorities said he could carry out an attack.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Trump said he considers himself \u201cconsequential\u201d because of his handling of the economy and Iran. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Trump\u2019s comments come after the Justice Department in 2024 <\/span><span>charged<\/span><span> Farhad Shakeri, whom prosecutors identified as an asset of Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, in connection with an alleged murder-for-hire plot that included plans to assassinate President Trump.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2030\">\u2018Queer-Friendly\u2019 Bar Says It\u2019s \u2018Heartbroken\u2019 After Unknowingly Hosting Pro-Israel Candidate<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump responded to the latest potential threat against his life with a notably upbeat reaction during his first public comments on the incident.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cWell the only thing I get a little solace from is they say only consequential presidents [are targeted for assassination] and I am definitely consequential,\u201d Trump said when asked by Fox News\u2019s Trace Gallagher about the ongoing concerns over assassination threats. The remarks were Trump\u2019s first public comments on the incident and were notably briefer than his responses to previous threats.The Secret Service is investigating whether the armed man arrested outside of Trump\u2019s National Golf Club in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, on Sunday intended to harm the president.\u00a0Jeanine John Taele, 38, was arrested after FBI agents allegedly found\u00a0him carrying a 16-round magazine in his pocket.According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Department, Taele was also seen taking photographs and videos near the property.If investigators determine that Taele was targeting Trump, it would mark the third widely reported threat involving the president this year, following the Secret Service\u2019s fatal shooting of an armed individual carrying a shotgun and gas canister near Mar-a-Lago and the arrest of a man who breached security at the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner.Before 2026, President Trump survived an assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, in July 2024, when a gunman grazed his ear with a bullet. Weeks later, another armed suspect was discovered hiding with a rifle near Trump International Golf Club in Florida before authorities said he could carry out an attack.Trump said he considers himself \u201cconsequential\u201d because of his handling of the economy and Iran. Trump\u2019s comments come after the Justice Department in 2024 charged Farhad Shakeri, whom prosecutors identified as an asset of Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, in connection with an alleged murder-for-hire plot that included plans to assassinate President Trump.\u00a0 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2035,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Trump Says He\u2019s A \u2018Consequential\u2019 President After Latest Security Scare - Blue Route Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2036\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trump Says He\u2019s A \u2018Consequential\u2019 President After Latest Security Scare - Blue Route Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President Donald Trump responded to the latest potential threat against his life with a notably upbeat reaction during his first public comments on the incident.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cWell the only thing I get a little solace from is they say only consequential presidents [are targeted for assassination] and I am definitely consequential,\u201d Trump said when asked by Fox News\u2019s Trace Gallagher about the ongoing concerns over assassination threats. The remarks were Trump\u2019s first public comments on the incident and were notably briefer than his responses to previous threats.The Secret Service is investigating whether the armed man arrested outside of Trump\u2019s National Golf Club in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, on Sunday intended to harm the president.\u00a0Jeanine John Taele, 38, was arrested after FBI agents allegedly found\u00a0him carrying a 16-round magazine in his pocket.According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Department, Taele was also seen taking photographs and videos near the property.If investigators determine that Taele was targeting Trump, it would mark the third widely reported threat involving the president this year, following the Secret Service\u2019s fatal shooting of an armed individual carrying a shotgun and gas canister near Mar-a-Lago and the arrest of a man who breached security at the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner.Before 2026, President Trump survived an assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, in July 2024, when a gunman grazed his ear with a bullet. 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