Donald Trump’s 80th‑Birthday Celebration Spurs FBI Drone‑Attack Plot Arrests

On 16 June 2024, former U.S. president Donald Trump marked his 80th birthday with a UFC mixed‑martial‑arts event held in the White House garden. The milestone placed him among a small group of world leaders aged 80 or older, including Brazil’s Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Italy’s President Sergio Mattarella.

The U.S. Department of Justice announced that the FBI arrested five men in Ohio, California, Missouri and Nebraska for conspiring to use explosive‑laden drones and snipers to attack Trump during the celebration. The alleged plotters — Tycen Proper, Bryan Omar Roa, Michael Alan Thomas, Daniel Kenely Eskridge and Abraham Hermosillo Álvarez — coordinated via TikTok and encrypted messaging apps. They face federal charges of conspiracy to commit murder and related offenses.