President Donald Trump recalled surviving the assassination attempt on his life one year ago today at his Butler, Pennsylvania, rally in an interview with his daughter-in-law Lara Trump on her Fox News show “My View.”
“It was unforgettable. I didn’t know exactly what was going on,” Trump said. “I got whacked. There’s no question about that.”
Trump said it was fortunate that he got down quickly because the shooter fired a total of eight shots.
“One got me, and one got another one, and one got another one, and one killed Cory [Compertore] the firefighter. Great guy,” Trump noted.
In under five seconds, a sniper—who Trump mentioned is named David—shot the shooter from a long distance with a single shot.
“If he didn’t do that, you would have had an even worse situation,” Trump said. “It was really bad.”
Trump shared that he is satisfied with the numerous briefs the FBI, Secret Service, and Department of Justice gave him about what happened the day of the assassination attempt.
“There were mistakes made that shouldn’t have happened, and that building was a prime building in terms of what they were trying to do,” Trump said.
Trump stated that he has “great confidence in these people,” adding that he knows them, and “they’re very talented, [and] very capable.”
“They had a bad day, and I think they’ll admit that,” Trump said.
Being the president is even more dangerous than being a race car driver or a bull rider, Trump mentioned, joking he could have made a different decision about running for president had he known.
“But I wouldn’t have made a different decision because we’re doing so well,” he said. “The country’s back and … everyone’s saying we’ve got the hottest country in the world.”