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A sudden surge of unverified social-media posts alleging that President Donald Trump was “shot again” in the nation’s capital ricocheted across digital platforms over the weekend, triggering widespread public alarm before being debunked by law-enforcement records and official reporting.
The claims, which gained rapid traction across X, Telegram, and TikTok, paired sensational headlines with recycled archival footage to suggest an active assassination attempt had unfolded in Washington, D.C. However, federal authorities and accredited news organizations confirmed that no such attack took place, and the president was neither harmed nor targeted in gunfire.
The viral firestorm appears to have stemmed from the distortion of a real, but fundamentally different, security episode near the Executive Mansion on Saturday, September 19.