“Within a fairly short period, they tracked him down, they got him,” Trump said.

“The civilian did a phenomenal job, the Secret Service did a great job, everybody did a great job.”

Ronald Rowe, the acting director of the beleaguered Secret Service, signalled it would need to reconsider the way it operates following the second attempt on Trump’s life.

The US Secret Service urgently needs more resources in order to protect America’s leaders, the head of the elite agency admitted.

He cast the Secret Service’s response to the incident on Trump’s West Palm Beach golf course as a success, despite phone records suggesting the suspect was on the perimeter for around 12 hours.

“He did not fire or get off any shots at our agent,” Rowe told reporters.

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Trump’s increased security detail following the attempt on his life in July, “allowed for the early identification of the threat and led to a safe evacuation”, he said.

However, Rowe suggested that Trump’s late decision to play a round of golf did not allow for a full sweep of the golf course’s perimeter.

Trump earlier said he needed more people on his security detail and suggested he told that to Joe Biden when the president called him.

“He was very nice today. He called up to make sure I was OK, to make sure that, you know, do I have any suggestions ... we do need more people on my detail because we have 50-60,000 people showing up to events … but he couldn’t have been nicer,” Trump said in an interview on X.

The Telegraph, London