Donald Trump Jr. and Vanessa Trump. CBS/Getty.
Vanessa Trump, Donald Trump Jr's wife, was briefly hospitalized after opening a letter containing a powder. CBS News. Vanessa Trump opened the letter which was addressed to Trump Jr. The powder has not yet been identified but it has not been identified as toxic. Vanessa Trump was sent to the hospital for testing and is believed to be safe. Vanessa Trump's mother, Bonnie Haydon, was also taken to the hospital along with a third unidentified person. This is no the first time a Trump family member has been targeted like this as in 2016 another letter with powder in it was sent to Eric Trump.
Thankful that Vanessa & my children are safe and unharmed after the incredibly scary situation that occurred this morning. Truly disgusting that certain individuals choose to express their opposing views with such disturbing behavior.— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) February 12, 2018
Thank you so much for all the help today in NYC! I appreciate all the quick response to make sure that I was safe ! Thank you @FDNY @SecretService @NYPDnews @NYPDCT @NewYorkFBI— Vanessa Trump (@MrsVanessaTrump) February 13, 2018
My Comment:
Scary situation today with the Trump family. It appears that this was not an actual attack but that doesn't make it any less serious. Sending a letter with powder in it is always a crime and sending it to the son of the president is doubly so. Thankfully nobody was hurt. It seems that Vanessa Trump and the other people involved are fine and will continue to be so.
I think we all remember the anthrax attacks back in 2001. Those attacks killed quite a few people and if this had been the same thing it's very clear that Vanessa Trump, her mother and the third person exposed could been sickened or even killed. That had to be going through everyone's minds before the testing came back negative.
Thankfully, this wasn't anthrax. I am, however, comfortable calling this a terrorist attack. Sending a powder to someone, even if it isn't harmful, is still trying to terrorize them. Given the fact that Donald Trump Jr is the Presidents son it's pretty clear that this was politically motivated as well. The message seems to be that anyone associated with Donald Trump is at risk.
I do have to say that this kind of thing has happened before. I do remember that several people tried the same trick with the Obama administration as well. In a few of those cases actual poison was used. Nobody was hurt but it's clear that this isn't a new problem. There is always going to be people out there that will try to poison politicians.
That being said, I do think that this time around is different. With the media coverage reaching fever pitch and almost all coverage of Trump being negative, they seem to be encouraging this kind of behavior. It's a lot easier to justify attacking someone if the media paints that person as "literally Hitler".
This is another example of violence against Trump supporters and politicians. Thankfully this time nobody was hurt, but in other cases we weren't so lucky. People almost died in the Alexandria attack and Rand Paul was almost killed by his neighbor. Plus, there were so many attacks on Trump supporters during the election committed by Antifa and other far left groups. It is a disturbing trend and although there have always been lone nutjobs, the frequency of these kinds of things seems to be increasing...
Scary situation today with the Trump family. It appears that this was not an actual attack but that doesn't make it any less serious. Sending a letter with powder in it is always a crime and sending it to the son of the president is doubly so. Thankfully nobody was hurt. It seems that Vanessa Trump and the other people involved are fine and will continue to be so.
I think we all remember the anthrax attacks back in 2001. Those attacks killed quite a few people and if this had been the same thing it's very clear that Vanessa Trump, her mother and the third person exposed could been sickened or even killed. That had to be going through everyone's minds before the testing came back negative.
Thankfully, this wasn't anthrax. I am, however, comfortable calling this a terrorist attack. Sending a powder to someone, even if it isn't harmful, is still trying to terrorize them. Given the fact that Donald Trump Jr is the Presidents son it's pretty clear that this was politically motivated as well. The message seems to be that anyone associated with Donald Trump is at risk.
I do have to say that this kind of thing has happened before. I do remember that several people tried the same trick with the Obama administration as well. In a few of those cases actual poison was used. Nobody was hurt but it's clear that this isn't a new problem. There is always going to be people out there that will try to poison politicians.
That being said, I do think that this time around is different. With the media coverage reaching fever pitch and almost all coverage of Trump being negative, they seem to be encouraging this kind of behavior. It's a lot easier to justify attacking someone if the media paints that person as "literally Hitler".
This is another example of violence against Trump supporters and politicians. Thankfully this time nobody was hurt, but in other cases we weren't so lucky. People almost died in the Alexandria attack and Rand Paul was almost killed by his neighbor. Plus, there were so many attacks on Trump supporters during the election committed by Antifa and other far left groups. It is a disturbing trend and although there have always been lone nutjobs, the frequency of these kinds of things seems to be increasing...
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