Former US President and 2024 Presidential hopeful Donald Trump delivers remarks at a Team Trump Iowa Commit to Caucus event in Maquoketa, Iowa, on September 20, 2023.
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Former President Donald Trump said he was buying a Glock handgun Monday at a campaign stop in South Carolina.
A video posted on social media by Trump’s spokesman, Steven Cheung, shows Trump being shown the firearm and commenting, “I want to buy one.”
The post on X, formerly Twitter, said that Trump purchased the semi-automatic pistol.
Cheung did not immediately respond to additional questions, including whether Trump actually completed the purchase.
Trump, the front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, this year has been indicted in four separate criminal cases.
The brief video was taken at Palmetto State Armory, a gun store in Summerville, South Carolina, during an unscheduled campaign stop.
In it, Trump admires the handgun being held by a person next to him.
“Wow,” Trump says in the video as he points to the gun.
“I’ve got to buy one. I want to buy one,” he says.
The person holding the gun gives a brief response, and Trump replies again, “No, I want to buy one.”
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