A man stepped up to the perimeter fence at Trump's golf course in Florida and when Secret Service spotted the end of a rifle poking through the cyclone fencing they shot at it. They guy escaped, was detected (via a phone photo someone took at the time) and captured on the highway shortly after. Associated Press updated story. We don't know if that man, who is apparently from Hawaii, got off any shots or only Trump's security team did. He's alive so there will no doubt be a story to tell one of these days.

Security folks try not to close down every venue visited by candidates but they do vet them and have a presence. Since the Pennsylvania shooting there have been bulletproof glass barriers in front of both Trump and Harris when they speak. If you have a candidate who does the same thing over and over that pretty well makes it predictable that (for example) you might find him at one of his golf courses. That applies to harming him or protecting him, so it is frankly surprising that someone once again got this close.

Regardless of what a cretin Trump is, we don't resolve our presidential elections with a bullet. He needs to survive this so he can go to prison (at which time they will be sure he's so well protected there won't be a fellow inmate with a shank to do him in.)