Donald Trump has praised the Secret Service’s efforts to protect the former President in the second attempt on his life, despite growing scrutiny from the public.

Furious Republicans are demanding to know how the protective body could have let a second gunman in just nine weeks get close enough to Trump to threaten his life, as the most volatile race for the White House in more than 50 years takes another dramatic turn.

Ryan Wesley Routh, a 58-year-old registered Democrat and Ukrainian War volunteer, was detained by authorities on Sunday after allegedly seeking to shoot the former president while he was golfing with top Republican donor Steve Witkoff, at his private course in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Mr Routh, a self-employed builder from Hawaii with a criminal record, was near the sixth hole at Trump International Golf Course, about 300m from the former president. Trump was led to the safety of his Mar-a-Lago residence.

In a conversation on Twitter spaces with internet personality and crypto entrepreneur Farokh Sarmad, Trump praised the efforts of the secret service saying:

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