Donald Trump Appeared to Be the Target of an Assassination Attempt. Here's What to Know

The legend of Donald Trump grows

The word "badass" was bandied about a lot after the first assassination attempt on Donald Trump last year.

Donald Trump appeared to be the target of an assassination attempt. Here's what to know

What began as a jubilant rally for Donald Trump ended in mere minutes with the former president bloodied and a suspected would-be assassin shot dead by Secret Service.

Trump's Descent and Resurrection

Donald Trump had publicly toyed with the idea of running for president many times before 2015. In fact, he even entered the Reform Party’s presidential primaries for the 2000 election. But the timing was never quite right, until it finally was. Of the many actions and twists of fate that created the opening for Trump’s presidential candidacy, the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision is an underappreciated one. Hailed by the conservative lega…