Categories Trump Investigations: Was the Butler Farm Show Staged? Putin prayed for Trump after assassination attempt, says top US envoy Steve Witkoff Post author By Post date March 22, 2025 World| The assassination attempt took place when 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks fired at Trump during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Trump was grazed by a bullet but survived. The Kremlin had blamed the attack on his political rivals.