Donald Trump raised-fist photographs

A man with his fist held above his head with blood on his ear and cheek. An American flag flutters in the air behind him. Two federal agents shield and escort him.
One of the pictures, taken by Evan Vucci of the Associated Press on July 13, 2024, during an attempted assassination of Donald Trump

On July 13, 2024, Evan Vucci, an American photojournalist, captured a series of photographs of Donald Trump—then a former president of the United States and the presumptive nominee of the Republican Party in the 2024 presidential electionraising his right fist with blood on his face, moments after Trump was shot in the ear during an assassination attempt at a political rally near Butler, Pennsylvania. In some photos, Trump's mouth is open as he chants "Fight!", while it is closed in others.

The photographs, taken by Vucci for the Associated Press, were widely shared on social media and received substantial press coverage. Their composition, featuring a prominent American flag behind Trump, was praised by commentators, who compared Vucci's photographs to several other iconic historical images and predicted that they would come to represent Trump and his 2024 election victory.

Doug Mills, a photographer for The New York Times, was awarded the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography for his photographs of the assassination attempt, one of which showed a bullet in the air behind Trump's head moments before he was injured in the shooting.


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