John Hinckley Jr. reacts to requests to assassinate Donald Trump

The gunman who nearly killed erstwhile President Ronald Reagan successful 1981 wants radical to halt asking him to harm President-elect Donald Trump.

“I’m a antheral of bid now!” 69-year-old John Hinckley Jr. posted connected X Thursday night. “Please halt with each the antagonistic comments!”

The requests for Hinckley to effort an assassination connected different president sprung up his societal media provender Wednesday, hours aft Trump was declared the winner of the 2024 statesmanlike election.

A station promoting a website for his euphony and creation was rapidly swarmed by commenters telling Hinckley they’ve “got a job” for him.

“John, we’re each precise large fans of your aboriginal work,” work 1 post. “You should decidedly spell backmost to that present much than ever.”

Another idiosyncratic tried to goad Hinckley into action, telling him to “do it for Jodie Foster.”

Hinckley successfully pleaded insanity successful his proceedings for the attempted assassination of Reagan. He said helium was hoping to impressment Foster, who played the pistillate pb successful the 1976 movie “Taxi Driver” astir a antheral who plots to termination a U.S. president.

The Oklahoma autochthonal was moved to a Washington, D.C. intelligence infirmary for attraction until 2016, erstwhile helium was granted conditional release. Those restrictions were lifted successful 2022. He has since tried to found himself arsenic a instrumentalist and artist.

When a would-be assassin shot Trump astatine a Pennsylvania rally successful July, Hinckley condemned the violence.

“Violence is not the mode to go,” helium posted connected X. “Give bid a chance.”

A Secret Service root told TMZ that agents were aware of the societal media posts referencing Hinckley and the incoming president, but would “not [be] commenting connected matters of protective intelligence.”

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Hinckley’s 1981 assassination effort connected Ronald Reagan successful Washington. (Getty)

There person been different attempts to sprout the 78-year-old MAGA leader, including one successful September astatine his play club successful West Palm Beach, Fla.

On Friday, the Justice Department announced it had charged an Iranian nationalist for plotting to assassination aggregate U.S. targets, including Trump.

Trump volition beryllium sworn backmost into bureau connected Jan. 20.