WORLD.- Former President Donald Trump was shot and hit by a bullet in the “top of my right ear” at the start of a campaign speech in Pennsylvania last Saturday.
He shooter died, one event attendee lost his life and two other spectators were injured, the Secret Service said in a statement.
In an interview for the New York Postthe former president as well confirmed that he lost a piece of the right ear after the attack against him perpetrated by Thomas Matthew Crooks.
He also shared that he also has some bruises from the actions taken to protect himself from the attack.
The politician highlighted the professionalism of the Secret Service. neutralize the threat with a well-aimed shot.
“The doctor at the hospital said he had never seen anything like it, He called it a miracle“, explained the former president, with part of his head still bandaged for the injuries received after the attack and in exclusive statements to the New York newspaper.
A Donald Trump who appeared “grateful and sometimes defiant,” according to the newspaper, said that “I’m supposed to be dead,” recalling the moment her attacker shot her at a Republican campaign rally.
The former president shared the “surreal experience“who nearly took his life during an interview on board his private plane on the way to Milwaukee, where the Republican National Convention that will confirm him as the presidential candidate begins on Monday.
“He’s not supposed to be here, he’s supposed to be dead,” Trump told the Post reporter.
Donald Trump announces that JD Vance will be his vice presidential running mate
Donald Trump announced on Monday that Ohio Senator, JD VanceWill be your vice presidential running mate.
Vance is a former critic who became an ally and is now the first millennial in joining a major party ticket at a time of deep concern about the advancing age of American political leaders.
The president posted on his Truth Social Network: “After much deliberation and reflection, and considering the tremendous talents of many others, I have decided that the most suitable person to assume the office of Vice President of the United States is Senator JD Vance of the Great State of Ohio.”
Vance, 39, rose to national prominence with the 2016 publication of his memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy.” He was elected to the Senate in 2022 and became the first Republican to win the Senate’s 2021 presidential nomination. one of the staunchest defenders of the former president’s agenda to “Make America Great Again,” particularly on trade, foreign policy and immigration.
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