American journalist/author Salena Zito shared huge news on Wednesday that her book about the assassination attempt of President Donald Trump in 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania, was being made into a movie.
Speaking on "The Sean Spicer Show" podcast, the host, Republican strategist Sean Spicer, asked Zito about the success of her new book "Butler: The Untold Story of the Near Assassination of Donald Trump and the Fight for America's Heartland."
Zito was at Trump's rally that day, just steps away from the stage where Trump stood before gunshots rang out after suspected shooter Thomas Crooks fired several rounds at the President, killing firefighter Corey Comperatore, leaving Trump with a bloody ear wound after he turned his head moments before the shot would've hit him.
"I guess I should tell you this Sean, cause not that many people know this, but 'Butler' is in production as a movie," Zito told the host, who sounded genuinely shocked.
When asked who would be playing the author, she said everyone tells her actress Marisa Tomei would be a great choice.
"There was a production company called Penzee, and they just asked to see an early copy of the book," Salena told the host. "They were interested. They thought this was a really pivotal moment in history. They read the book and went crazy for it."
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"And they optioned it as a movie," she added, noting that President Trump wasn't yet aware of this news at the time of the interview.
"No, but I'll see him on Tuesday (July 15)and I will…" she added, before Spicer interjected that Trump watches the show, so this would be breaking news to him.
Zito's book was released on July 8 and has already become a #1 New York Times Bestseller.
In her post about the bestseller designation, Salena wrote on X, "To @realDonaldTrump & all the people who opened their homes, small businesses, church basement covered dish dinners, bowling alleys, barbershops & Steel Mills. Thank you for letting me tell your stories—this moment is for all of you. OMG YINZ GUYS!!!!"
During her appearance on RedState's "The Michelle Tafoya Podcast," Zito delved further into her book, recalling the various details about the campaign rally that day in Butler and everything that happened after the assassination attempt.
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She said there were things you could count on for every rally because she'd covered dozens and dozens of Trump rallies. But that day, she said, "two things happened that never ever happen." The first was a chart that went down, because he never had a chart.
And second, before the gunfire rang out, she said Trump did something he doesn't do, and that's break contact with the audience by turning his neck away.
"For whatever reason, and we discuss this deeply in the book afterwards, he turns his neck away," Zito said. "Pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop at that exact moment. And I knew immediately that it was gunfire."
While the two were speaking, the podcast aired video from the day when the shooter tried to kill the President. And I have to admit, hearing her recount it with such detail and seeing the visual images of it brought chills.
The entirety of their interview can be seen here.
As my colleague Susie Moore wrote on the one-year anniversary of the Butler shooting, it was a moment in time that sticks with you, like that fateful day on September 11, 2001. You know exactly where you were and what you were doing when you learned Trump had been shot, either because you had just witnessed it on your screen or had gotten a call from a friend saying, "Did you hear? Someone just tried to kill Trump."
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