The former president of the United States, Donald Trump, held his first interview since being wounded by a gunshot in an assassination attempt on his life with the New York Post and recounted the moments of horror when the bullet wounded him, and about his feelings after the incident.
“The doctor at the hospital said he never saw anything like this, he called it a miracle,” said Trump, with a white bandage covering his right ear.
“I’m not supposed to be here, I’m supposed to be dead,” Trump said. “I’m supposed to be dead.”
He explained that he might have been killed had he not turned his head slightly to the right to read a chart on illegal immigrants. At that moment, what could have been a kill shot instead tore off a small piece of his ear, splattering blood on his forehead and cheek.
Trump recounted that as Secret Service agents led him off stage, he wanted to keep speaking to supporters, but they told him it wasn’t safe and took him to a hospital. He marveled at how the agents came flying in like 'linebackers' as soon as the shooting began and unbuttoned his white long sleeve shirt to display a large bruise on his right forearm.
He praised the Secret Service personnel for their heroic actions, specifically lauding them for gunning down the shooter, who was perched on a roof roughly 130 yards from the stage where Trump was speaking.