President Trump told the New York Post last night that a small piece of his ear was torn off in the assassination attempt on Saturday that shocked the world.

Trump didn’t even want to leave the stage after he got shot, telling the Post that he wanted to keep talking to his supporters at the rally. But the Secret Service wouldn’t let him, telling him it wasn’t safe.

Trump recounted that Secret Service agents came in like linebackers, hitting him so hard it knocked his shoes off and left a bruise on his arm. And he’s eternally grateful they did that to protect him.

Here’s more from the New York Post:

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 at him at a Pennsylvania campaign rally.

The former 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 Trump, who was sporting a large, loose 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.”

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 tore off a small piece of his ear and splattered blood on his forehead and cheek.

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 “linebackers” as soon as the shooting started, and he unbuttoned his long-sleeve white 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 former 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.”

Trump added “By luck or by God, many people are saying it’s by God I’m still here.” He’s absolutely right. He could be dead and the fact that he isn’t is unreal. It may very well have been supernatural, in the sense that God intervened to prevent his death. None of us can say for sure, but even so I thank God that he wasn’t killed or even seriously harmed.

Trump has a new lease on life and I believe we are going to see that play out this week during his RNC speech, which he says he’s now completely changed to be a unifying speech.