White House Correspondent’s dinner shooting: Surveillance and suspect arrest video + ballroom scenes
President Donald Trump had taken his seat on the dais just a few minutes earlier and was talking with other VIPs when a series of loud bangs rippled through the jam-packed Washington Hilton ballroom.
Chaos erupted at one of Washington’s premier social events, the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
Guests in tuxedos and evening gowns ducked for cover under tables. Secret Service agents rushed the dais and quickly evacuated Trump and first lady Melania Trump from the room. Banquet chairs toppled and maroon napkins scattered across the floor. The strong smell of gunpowder hung in the air. Some people prayed.
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41 Comments
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Remember last week when Trump met with the Ellison of CBS in DC, they closed about four blocks for security reason and now they staged this shit so poorly that NO ONE IN THE WORLD believe this little show they say he is using the assassination attempts is a "political Rocket fuel" so true!
How could anyone run that fast with knives and guns and shotgun?
America has the worst assassins on the planet! 😢
Abc news people too drunk to move ! See that!😅
This is faker than Charlie Kirks marriage🤔🤔🤔
I wagered a large sum in the prediction market on the possibility of a shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
The insanity in these comments🎉
that boy was the baba yaga john wick, the ran threw the front security doors, threw more security… and the only thing the seen was his shadow hahahahaha
Let's see how he's treated in jail and how soon he's released and then we'll know.
The secret service agent that “failed” at the Butler PA “assassination attempt” was promoted to lead the entire secret service. This is all theater.
Who’s to say he wasn’t targeting journalists?
How did some one get in
I’m telling yall right now this guy didn’t do it. They made that camera blurry on purpose.
THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT
It's a fascinating charade, a media ploy to create a safe haven through deceit, lies, and the manipulation of enslaved, oppressed, and exploited citizens whose labor and money are stolen through legal means. It's the return of old feudalism in new guises.
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Funny you'd expect more videos but they're all professionals waiting on their sponsors
FAKE NEWS JUST LIKE THE FIRST "ATTEMPT!" YOU CAN'T FOOL ALL OF THE PEOPLE ALL OF THE TIME, JUST THE MAGAs, BECAUSE THEY ARE ZOMBIES!
Trump, Melania, and Caroline Levitt had no clue even after hearing gun shots
Are the security cameras from the early 90s? 🖕
The first attempt failed, and the second attempt failed, but the third one is coming and it will succeed.
Mandami should help Bernie Sanders to organize groups to support candidates progressives for November 2026 election ..no to democratas warmongers as Biden and Green..
When the Facist and AntiFacist plan to take over your country. Got to keep your awareness level on red at all times. Also got to stay with a sharp point ready when the time comes
omg 😮😮😮😮
HOW DID HE MAKE IT INSIDE IS MY QUESTION
Secret service agents looking to get fired
Why everybody is against this guy ??
At 1:50, these types of events should have an emergency-clear pathway so that Secret Service personnel can strategically move during a disturbance. They were basically sitting ducks, especially during a multi-shooter attack.
That guy ran so fast he was almost invisible
HERE COME THE CONSPIRACIES NOW!
Was there a band playing? Like a disaster scene in a movie where the band keeps playing as disaster unfolds. Titanic etc
No one got shot except the teacher that ran in through the checkpoint like it was his last Olympic games. They shot at him instantly. Any injuries inside the ballroom were pure coincidence from either being trampled or falling and twisting an ankle or something considering how many out of shape elderly people were there, because the shooter never made it to the ballroom, that has been confirmed several times.
4:40 swear word warning
Barney Fife, who just joined the SS – "Gee, it happened so fast. It was WOOSH and he was gone." 😲
5 shots fired…and they all missed.
Before calling other countries—like India and China—‘hell’, the United States should honestly look at its own reality. In a country where gun culture runs so deep that shootings make regular headlines, where drug abuse spills onto the streets, where large numbers of people are forced to live homeless on sidewalks, and where incidents of racial discrimination still surface—labeling other nations as ‘hell’ sounds hollow.
The biggest question is security. When even the President’s safety faces repeated threats and incidents, what does that say about the safety of ordinary citizens? If the highest office in the country cannot feel completely secure, it raises serious concerns about the system itself.
It’s easy to point fingers at other countries, but real strength lies in acknowledging and fixing your own problems. Tall buildings, wealth, and infrastructure alone do not define a nation’s character. A truly strong country is one where citizens feel safe, equality exists, and the rule of law works fairly for everyone.
If these fundamentals are under question, then calling other countries ‘hell’ just comes across as empty rhetoric. Before lecturing the world, it’s more important to fix your own house—because real respect is earned through reality, not words……!
Pena de muerte
so fake, again….
Crazy how the either the bitrate, resolutions, or both were absolutely chopped to shreds. I see people saying "it's a cellphone video of a recording", obviously, however phone cameras are AMAZING nowadays. You can clearly see the computer monitor is fuzzy which leads me to believe the footage was crisp, they just butchered it to protect faces or the fact that it may have been staged?
don't send him to prison the Cleveland Browns need him badly