South Carolina Man Threatens to Kill President Donald Trump in a Post on X

A man from South Carolina is being accused of threatening President Donald Trump in a post on the social media platform X, according to the federal officers. In his post on X, he wrote that he wanted to silence Trump forever by putting him six feet under the ground, the federal prosecutor said.

The September 2025 post on X by the defendant, identified as John Alexendar Bellue, read, “@realDonalTrump, you have the right to remain silent,” according to Bellue’s indictment. “I am going to kill you in the most brutal way possible,” Bellue allegedly said.

A grand jury indicted Bellue last week on one count of threatening the president and one count of using interstate communications to send his threat, according to federal court records. The US Attorney’s Office for the District of South Carolina is handling his case.

“On or about September 7th, 2025, in the District of South Carolina, the defendant did knowingly and willfully make a threat to take the life of and to inflict bodily harm upon the President of the United States,” prosecutors said in Bellue’s indictment. A “reasonable recipient who is familiar with the circumstances” would interpret Bellue’s X post as a “serious expression of an intent to do a harm” to the president, according to the US attorney’s office.

Bellue, who is from Rock Hill, allegedly posted his assassination threat on September 7th, last year, while Trump was in the US. Open men’s tennis tournament in New York City. He was indicted on May 19th.

Bellue has no known criminal history, with prison and court records showing no prior convictions. However, his indictment came just days before US Secret Service officers killed a gunman who opened fire on a White House security checkpoint.

According to the reports of the incident of shooting at the White House security checkpoint, a 21-year-old Maryland resident, Nasire Best, started shooting at a checkpoint near 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue while Trump was inside the White House. It is the third shooting incident to happen near the president in recent weeks, with two other men also opening fire at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner in April and near the Washington Monument earlier this month.

In response to the latest incident, Trump wrote on his social media platform, Truth Social, “Thank you to our great Secret Service and Law Enforcement for the swift and professional action taken this evening against a gunman near the White House, who had a violent history and possible obsession with our Country’s most cherished structure.”

Bellue’s next court date has not been scheduled yet.