{"id":139121,"date":"2026-04-28T04:02:58","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T04:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/white-house-to-review-trumps-security-after-shooting-at-dinner-event\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T04:02:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T04:02:58","slug":"white-house-to-review-trumps-security-after-shooting-at-dinner-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/white-house-to-review-trumps-security-after-shooting-at-dinner-event\/","title":{"rendered":"White House to review Trump\u2019s security after shooting at dinner event"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON DC, Apr 28 \u2013 The White House will hold a meeting to review US President Donald Trump\u2019s security in the wake of Saturday\u2019s shooting incident at the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner, a senior official has confirmed to the BBC.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Trump has stood by the Secret Service, which has come under scrutiny after an armed suspect, 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen, was able to get near a ballroom with more than 2,000 people, including Trump and cabinet members.<\/p>\n

Officers subdued Allen, but not before a federal agent was wounded during a brief exchange of gunfire.<\/p>\n

Trump is expected to attend several high-profile events this year, including for the Fifa World Cup and events celebrating the 250th anniversary of the US in July.<\/p>\n

In a statement sent to the BBC, a senior White House official said that President Trump \u201cpersonally thinks they [the Secret Service] did an excellent job\u201d neutralising the suspect and escorting him and his team to safety. The agent was wearing a bullet-proof vest and is expected to fully recover.<\/p>\n

Despite that confidence, the official added that White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles will hold a meeting early this week with operations staff and representatives of the Secret Service and Department of Homeland Security to \u201cdiscuss protocol and practices\u201d for major events involving the president after this incident \u2013 which is the third suspected assassination attempt on Trump within two years.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe meeting will discuss the processes and procedures that worked to stop Saturday\u2019s attempt, while exploring additional options to ensure all relevant components are doing everything possible to secure the many major events planned for President Trump in the months ahead,\u201d the official added.<\/p>\n

Speaking to reporters at the White House on Monday, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt also defended the actions of the Secret Service, saying \u201cthey did their jobs\u201d stopping the suspect from entering the ballroom and escorting Trump and other officials to safety.<\/p>\n

But she added that changes to security procedures were possible. Any changes would not be publicised, to avoid prospective attackers learning what they are and finding ways around them.<\/p>\n

Leavitt said the president\u2019s attendance at events would be examined, but he did not want acts of violence to \u201cchange our American way of life\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s many exciting events I know the President wants to be a part of and will be a part of moving forward,\u201d she said. \u201cHe\u2019s undeterred in that way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Separately, US Senate President Pro Tempore Chuck Grassley held a briefing with the Secret Service\u2019s leadership to discuss the incident and security protocols.<\/p>\n

Following the briefing, Grassley told reporters that the Secret Service had a \u201cgood plan\u201d and understood the \u201ctime-tested\u201d venue.<\/p>\n

He also told reporters he saw \u201cno indication\u201d that there was a lapse in security ahead of the incident.<\/p>\n

Grassley, 92, is third in the line of succession after Trump, Vice-President JD Vance and House Speaker Mike Johnson \u2013 all of whom were at the correspondents\u2019 dinner. He also heads the Senate Judiciary Committee.<\/p>\n

Six of the top seven officials in the presidential line of succession were at the event, including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON DC, Apr 28 \u2013 The White House will hold a meeting to review US President Donald Trump\u2019s security in the wake of Saturday\u2019s shooting incident at the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner, a senior official has confirmed to the BBC. Trump has stood by the Secret Service, which has come under scrutiny after an armed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-139121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139121\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}