<p>WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump broke his silence on the armed intruder shot by Secret Service at Mar-a-Lago over the weekend, jokingly acknowledging the many attempts on his life and the possibility of future attacks.</p>
<p>“I don’t know how long I’ll be around,” Trump told angel families assembled in the East Room of the White House on Monday morning. “Got a lot of people gunning for me.”</p>
<div class="twt-content-only-hide">“You know, if you read about all these crazy shooters, they don’t go after non-consequential presidents,” Trump added, referring to President Abraham Lincoln and President John F. Kennedy Jr., who were both assassinated.</div>
<p>He joked: “So maybe I want to be a little less consequential? Can we hold it back a little bit, please? Can this be a normal presidency for a little while?”</p>
<p>The Secret Service announced on Sunday morning that an armed man was shot and killed by Secret Service agents and the Palm Beach County Sheriff&#8217;s office after he unlawfully entered the secure perimeter at Mar-a-Lago early Sunday morning. Trump was not present at his Florida home when the incident occurred, since he had stayed at the White House for the weekend.</p>
<div id="attachment_1048693" style="width: 874px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-breaks-silence-on-armed-intruder-at-mar-a-lago-got-a-lot-of-people-gunning-for-me/probe-into-classified-documents-uncovered-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-estate-continues" rel="attachment wp-att-1048693"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-1048693" class="wp-image-1048693 size-large" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/02/GettyImages-1423717043-864x576.jpg" alt="" width="864" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/02/GettyImages-1423717043-864x576.jpg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/02/GettyImages-1423717043-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/02/GettyImages-1423717043-768x512.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/02/GettyImages-1423717043.jpg 1024w" sizes=" (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-1048693" class="wp-caption-text">President Donald Trump&#8217;s Mar-a-Lago estate is seen on September 14, 2022 in Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)</p></div>
<p>Authorities later revealed that the deceased intruder was 21-year-old Austin Tucker Martin of Cameron, North Carolina, reported missing by his family on Saturday. Around 1:30 a.m., authorities discovered him breaking into the premises, carrying a shotgun and a fuel can. He refused to drop these items and was shot by the authorities guarding the premises.</p>
<p>While the tabloid TMZ reported that Martin was obsessed with the Jeffrey Epstein files, <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2026/02/22/mar-a-lago-armed-man-shot-dead-texts-show-epstein-files-fixation/">citing text messages</a> between Martin and his friend, the Secret Service and the FBI have not confirmed this point.</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;d be careful about leaning too much into that,&#8221; said Anthony Guglielmi, Chief of Communications for the United States Secret Service. &#8220;There is a lot of work to do. As of now, the investigation is being led by the FBI and we are working in conjunction with them to try to learn more about the suspect&#8217;s background, actions, and potential motivations for going down to Florida.&#8221;</p>

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