During the interview, which was conducted as Trump was regarding to board the plane to Milwaukee to attend the Republican National Convention, he says he wants to use the historic event to try to create unity in the United States.
According to Trump, his life was saved when he turned his head away from the audience to look at a screen showing the data he was using in his speech.
– Reality is sinking in. I rarely look away from the audience. If I hadn’t done it at that moment, wouldn’t we be talking today?
Trump also paid tribute to retired firefighter Corey Comperatore, who was shot and killed during the meeting. Also the two other Trump supporters who attended, David Dutch and James Copenhaver, who were seriously injured. They are now being treated in hospital, in stable conditions.
After the shooting, an image has been circulated of Trump raising his fist, while he is bleeding from the scene by the Secret Service. According to the former president, he decided to make the gesture to show the audience that he was okay.
– It’s hard to describe the feeling, but I knew the world was watching. I knew it was going to be a historic event and I needed to show them that we’re okay,” Trump said.
For the Washington Examiner says the former president that he has completely rewritten the speech he will give on Thursday during the convention. The speech will now be regarding the fact that the election campaign has fundamentally changed, according to the ex-president.
– It is a chance to unite the whole country, the whole world. The speech will be very different from what it would have been two days ago, he says to the newspaper.
