Posted on 07/14/2024 8:46:08 PM PDT by bitt
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 former president shared the “very surreal experience” that nearly ended his life during an interview aboard his private plane enroute 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 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.”
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.
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
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With the first pop noise, I knew it was gunfire. And when President Trump went down, I thought they got him, so did my mom.
It was so horrible! We were both yelling and crying -awful.
I have heard many times, people talk about JFK's assassination, and they will ask one another: "Do you remember where you were when President Kennedy was shot?". This happened before I was born, and I didn't really understand, or grasp the magnitude of what happened, until now.
As you, and others, have posted, I didn't sleep much at all, either, and have been feeling shocked, angry, and just emotionally rung out.
(I can't IMAGINE how President Trump and his family are feeling.)
In fact, I'm still having difficulty processing this.
That said-Thank the Lord Almighty, that Donald John Trump is still here with us!
God bless this heroic, one of a kind, man, and his brave, and devoted, family.
Everyone please keep them in your prayers.
It is more important now, than ever.
🙏
Storys are about Goerge Washington also having similar close calls (plural).
Our days are numbered by the Lord. He defines every one of them.
Winston Churchill’s entire life was peppered with near-death experiences. Some of them bizarre. He was saved from drowning in a pond by a Scots farmer, and in gratitude his father paid for the farmer’s son’s education, and that son, Alexander Fleming, discovered penicillin, which later saved Churchill’s life again.
G-d preserves those for whom He has plans.
(Comcast-NBC-MSNBC) has blood on their hands for spewing non-stop lies and hatred for years. We should all let them know what we think of their murder sponsoring propaganda. I turned all their stations off a decade or so ago and I think everyone should consider doing the same and letting them know why.
Schmuckie Schumer and Adam Schiff would declare Trump’s assassination a national holiday. DeNiro, Clooney, Streisand, Cher, Midler, Hanks, Spielberg, and most of the rest of Hollywood would be celebrating for days. by throwing extravagant parties.
re: They were popping off random rounds. I heard one and what sounded like the whiz of a bullet.
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I’d recommend taking cover as many people have been killed by falling bullets (see archived articles at link below)
https://freerepublic.com/tag/celebratorygunfire/index
https://www.americanheritage.com/miraculous-care-providence
Excerpts:
“Upon at least five occasions when in great danger from gunfire George Washington remained unscathed. His hat was shot off his head; his clothes were torn [by bullets]; horses were killed beneath him, but the hero was never so much as scratched by a bullet. For this immunity he thanked “Providence.” He also wrote himself down as lucky.”
I can’t imagine watching it live like you did - I hadn’t even thought of that and what one would think. I watched it after hearing reports that “somebody threw firecrackers at Trump and he cut his rally short”.
Some of the comments under that article are disgusting. The Far Left are truly despicable scumbags.
How absolutely horrific it would have been had he been on stage and that lunatic had succeeded. It would have traumatized this nation beyond belief. This was a dastardly act and truly makes me view the democrats in a much worse light than I ever have before. Trump may have said some offensive things in his time, but none of it has ever justified what they attempted on Saturday. II must say this changes how I look at the world and people I know even in my own circles. These vile people are so afraid of giving up their posts of power that they have to resort to this. My God, republicans …. Fight back. Use this in every political ad imaginable … tie them to their vile rhetoric — make the American people finally understand what they’re all about. Because once they do take him down, and believe me, they will try again, the next ones they come for will be us.
Winston Churchill once said,
"Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result."
Just posted it.
Surviving a near-death experience is an empowering thing … the adrenaline, the natural entheogens the body releases like the tryptamines, it can be a peak moment if handled wisely. Trump has superior spiritual guidance and he will be surrounded by love at the Convention. Good times are back in town!
We are all grateful that God “disagrees” with The Donald. You are supposed to be here. Only a fool didn’t know the Deep State wasn’t going to take that shot, the only question was what the player involved that no one considers real was going to do in His Devine providence.
God spared us another Nov22 by...
1 single mm...
Let that sink in...
We got Johnson and the 'Nam mess.
I wonder what we'd get if it were Biden and Kamala would take over?
I keep having a recurring dream of Federal agents coming to my neighborhood to round up weapons. Ain’t gonna succeed.
I was six when JFK was assassinated. I have always been a bit older than my years, and I was glued to the TV during the aftermath. I still remember a lot. Those things stay with you. It is tragic that this has become a feature of our political culture, and that some people are okay with it.
I remember the sound of a bullet from when I was a kid. My friends and I used to go canoeing in a canal and one day a bullet whizzed by. I don’t if we were being shot at or we just happened to be where someone was shooting. Either way, no one should have been shooting like that where we happened to live.
Yes, southside Chicago Republicans are rare!
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