‘Third assassination attempt’ on Trump thwarted after man with guns and fake passports arrested near rally: Live

Donald Trump was allegedly the target of a third assassination attempt , California police have said, after arresting an armed man outside of a Trump rally in Coachella Valley on Saturday evening.

A Las Vegas man named Vem Miller , 49, was apprehended, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office, but has since denied wrongdoing and claimed he is “an artist” and a non-violent Trump supporter.

The California rally came hours after Kamala Harris released her medical information in a challenge to Trump, whose health and age are coming under increased scrutiny, particularly in light of recent long, rambling and, at times, incoherent speeches, which the Vice President invited people to watch to make up their own minds about the mental state of the former president.

Elsewhere, Trump has claimed a major threat to America comes from what he termed “the enemy from within” , whom he characterized as “sick people, radical left lunatics”, a term he often applies to Democratic opponents.

The Republican told Maria Bartiromo on Fox News ’s Sunday Morning Futures that they – US citizens – “should be easily handled by, if necessary, by National Guard, or if really necessary, by the military”.