Following the July 2024 assassination attempt against then-candidate Donald Trump, a photo emerged that may have literally changed history. It showed Trump being pulled to his feet by Secret Service agents, blood streaming down his face, his fist in the air. As we all know by now, he shouted, “Fight! Fight! Fight!”
CREDIT: AP Photographer Evan Vucci who risked his life to get this shot. Bravo sir @evanvucci, this will go down in history one of the iconic “100 photos that changed the world”. #TrumpAssasinationAttempt pic.twitter.com/DH6G9oLkgK
— Max DeLargo (@banthebbc) July 14, 2024
There are a number of photographs in our nation’s history that remain burned in our minds because they told a huge, powerful story in one simple image. Here’s the Top Five according to a Life Magazine ranking last updated in 2021:
- The Falling Man (2001) – Man falling from the Twin Towers during 9/11
- Napalm Girl (1972) – The naked Vietnamese girl running down a dirt road following a chemical attack
- Tank Man (1989) – The protester who stood in front of a tank in China’s Tiananmen Square
- Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima (1945) – Possibly the most famous World War II photo
- V-J Day Kiss in Times Square (1945) – Symbolized the end of WWII in one glorious impromptu snap
Only time will tell whether more recent photos will make it to their list of “The 100 Most Important Photos Ever,” but I’m guessing the Trump one discussed above will almost certainly find its place — unless biased editors refuse to rank anything involving Orange Man Bad.
Unfortunately, we now find ourselves in a familiar position, as more political violence has wracked the country, this time in the form of the Saturday night assassination attempt at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner attended by Trump and numerous other top administration officials. Luckily, no one was killed, but the incident once again underscored the fragility of our democracy and the disturbing hate emanating primarily from leftists.
And once again, some moving photographs have already emerged that sum up what happened, the way that no amount of tweets or statements ever could. There are many to choose from in this, our digital age, but these three, to me, are among the most evocative so far.
The first was posted by White House Deputy Chief of Staff Dan Scavino on Sunday in a snap he indicated was taken at 10:15pm ET on Saturday — not even two hours after the shooting, which occurred at 8:36.
4/25/26 | 10:15pmEDT pic.twitter.com/4GBWxokOQ2
— Dan Scavino (@Scavino47) April 26, 2026
Deputy Chief of Staff James Blair, meanwhile, posted a reverse angle from the same gathering. Like Scavino, he did not feel the need to include any text in his social media post — the image doesn’t need interpretation. It shows the commander-in-chief consulting with his team after a harrowing exit from the dinner:
pic.twitter.com/AtDyLA0e61
— James Blair (@JamesBlairUSA) April 26, » …