Donald Trump raised-fist photographs
On July 13, 2024, photojournalists covering a political rally near Butler, Pennsylvania captured numerous photographs of Donald Trump — then a former president of the United States and the presumptive nominee of the Republican Party in the 2024 presidential election — in the immediate aftermath of an assassination attempt. These photographs, many showing Trump with blood on his face and with a raised fist, were published worldwide alongside news of the assassination attempt and shared widely on social media. The photographs themselves, and the stories of the photographers who took them, received substantial press coverage. The composition of photos taken by Evan Vucci for the Associated Press, featuring an American flag framed prominently behind Trump as he raised his fist, was praised by commentators who compared it to several iconic historical images and predicted that it would come to represent Trump and his 2024 election victory.
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