AN assassination attempt on Donald Trump has been “absolutely expected” according to his former Deputy Assistant Seb Gorka.

He also said that detractors of the former US president have threatened his appointees and “normalised violence”.

Gorka told GB News: “My radio producer within minutes of seeing that shocking footage texted me and said one word: ‘unbelievable’. I responded back immediately, ‘no, absolutely expected’.

“Why? Because for the last eight years they have demonised my former boss, the current leader of the opposition. They've called him a bigot, a racist, white supremacist, and even a Nazi.

“They've normalised violence. We've had the senior senator for the Democrats threaten President Trump's nominees to the Supreme Court, from the steps of the Supreme Court, saying ‘you will reap the whirlwind’…

“The current vice president Kamala Harris raised funds to bail out arsonists of Black Lives Matter.

“So those who were perpetrating violence in America were assisted by the current Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harris.

“There's one party in America that has normalised violence, and it's not the Republicans. It's not the conservatives. It's the Democratic Party.

“What we witnessed yesterday was the bitter fruit of the left, saying President Trump is a threat to America, a threat to democracy.

“We now know who the threat to the Republic is. And it is the Democratic Party.”

He added: “This is stunning. The man was shot and almost murdered, and now they're trying to blame him.

“This is gaslighting beyond anything we have ever seen.”