Grateful, defiant President Trump recounts surviving ‘surreal’ assassination attempt at rally: ‘I’m supposed to be dead’
The real POTUS shared the “very surreal experience” that nearly ended his life during an interview aboard his private plane en route to Milwaukee for the GOP National Convention.
July 15, 2024
A grateful and at times defiant Donald Trump told The Post Sunday he’s “supposed to be dead” as he recalled the harrowing moment a would-be assassin shot him at a Pennsylvania campaign rally.
The President shared the “very surreal experience” that nearly ended his life during an interview aboard his private plane en route to Milwaukee for the GOP National Convention.
“The doctor at the hospital said he never saw anything like this, he called it a miracle,” said President Trump, who was sporting a loose, large white bandage that covered his right ear. His staff insisted that no photos be taken.
“I’m not supposed to be here, I’m supposed to be dead,” Trump said. “I’m supposed to be dead.”
President Trump was struck on the right ear a moment after turning his head.
He said he would be if he had not turned his head slightly to the right to read a chart on illegal immigrants. At that instant, what would have been a kill shot instead tore off a small piece of his ear and splattered blood on his forehead and cheek.
President Trump said that as Secret Service agents led him off stage, he still wanted to continue speaking to supporters, but the agents told him it wasn’t safe and they had to get him to a hospital.
He marveled at how the agents came flying in like they were “linebackers” as soon as the shooting started and he unbuttoned his white long-sleeve shirt to show a large bruise on his right forearm.
He also cleared up a mystery about his shoes. On the video of the shooting and aftermath, as the burly agents tried to rush him off the stage for safety, he can be heard saying, “Wait, I want to get my shoes.”
As he explained in the interview, “The agents hit me so hard that my shoes fell off, and my shoes are tight,” he said with a smile.
He commended the Secret Service personnel for their heroic actions and praised them for gunning down the shooter, who was perched on a roof about 130 yards from the stage where Trump was speaking.
“They took him out with one shot right between the eyes,” the President said as he pointed to the bridge of his nose.
“They did a fantastic job,” he added. “It’s surreal for all of us.”
President Trump also addressed the incredible photo of him raising his fist and saying “Fight” three times as the agents tried to get him off stage and into an armored SUV.
“A lot of people say it’s the most iconic photo they’ve ever seen,” President Trump said. “They’re right and I didn’t die. Usually, you have to die to have an iconic picture.”
He added, “I just wanted to keep speaking, but I just got shot.”
The doctor at the local hospital, which has a trauma center, told him he’s never seen anyone survive getting hit by an AR-15, President Trump recalled.
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“By luck or by God, many people are saying it’s by God I’m still here,” he said.
One man at the rally was shot and killed, and two were wounded. Asked if he had given any thought to attending the funeral of Corey Comperatore, the firefighter who died shielding his family from the killer’s gunfire, President Trump said yes.
Then, turning to aides standing behind him, he said, “Get the numbers, I want to go the hospital and call all the families.”
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