Trump Says He’s ‘Supposed to Be Dead’ After Assassination Attempt
Donald Trump is under no illusion about how lucky he is to be alive after a gunman came terrifyingly close to shooting him dead at a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday.
“I’m not supposed to be here,” the former president told the New York Post on Sunday. “I’m supposed to be dead.” An attendee at the rally, 50-year-old Corey Comperatore, was killed, while two others were injured when 20-year-old shooter Thomas Crooks opened fire. Crooks was himself killed by a Secret Service sniper.
Trump, who was reportedly wearing a white bandage on his injured right ear, made the stark comments while on board his plane en route to Milwaukee for the Republican National Convention, which begins Monday. He previously said he “felt the bullet ripping through the skin” of his ear during the attempt on his life.