An assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump left him injured and killed two others on Saturday in Butler, Pennsylvania. In his ꦜfirst interview since the shooting at Butler, the 78-year-old presidential candidate recalled the surviving the "surreal" experience.
Speaking to NY Post, Trump stated that he wasꦑ "supposed to be dead". During a p🗹lane ride to Milwaukee for RNC 2024, the former president added that the doctors at the local hospital called his survival a "miracle".
“The doctor at the hospital said he never saw anything like this, he called it a mir𒀰acle,” Trump told The Post Sunday, while sporting a loose bandage on his right ear.
He added that the doctor's at the trauma centre stated that they have never seen anyone survive getti𒊎ng hit by an AR-15 rifle.
Trump recalled if he had not turned his head to read a chart on the rate of illegal▨ immigrants in America, he would not have survived.
On Saturday, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks fired at Trump and the rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. As per witnesses and Secret Service officials, six♐ to eight shots were fired before the gunman was killed.
The former president recalled that he want꧒ed to continue speaking to the supporters but was rushed off the stage by a🔯gents.
"They took him out with one shot right between the 𓃲eyes. They did a fantastic job. It’s surreal for all of us," Trump said.
Trump also recalled President Joe Biden's phone call and appreciated the gesture. Calling the phone call "fine", Trump added that Biden was "very nice" to him🎃.
The former President is now in Milwaukee, Wisconsion for the four-day Republican National Convention whe𒀰re over 2,600 delegates will formally elect him as the presidential candidate for the grand old party.
