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‘I Got Whacked:’ Trump Recalls Assassination Attempt One Year Later ‘I Got Whacked:’ Trump Recalls Assassination Attempt One Year Later

President Donald Trump recalled surviving the assassination attempt on his life one year ago today at his Butler, Pennsylvania, rally in an interview with his daughter-in-law Lara Trump on her Fox News show “My View.”

“It was unforgettable. I didn’t know exactly what was going on,” Trump said. “I got whacked. There’s no question about that.” 

Trump said it was fortunate that he got down quickly because the shooter fired a total of eight shots.

“One got me, and one got another one, and one got another one, and one killed Cory [Compertore] the firefighter. Great guy,” Trump noted.

In under five seconds, a sniper—who Trump mentioned is named David—shot the shooter from a long distance with a single shot. 

“If he didn’t do that, you would have had an even worse situation,” Trump said. “It was really bad.” 

Trump shared that he is satisfied with the numerous briefs the FBI, Secret Service, and Department of Justice gave him about what happened the day of the assassination attempt. 

“There were mistakes made that shouldn’t have happened, and that building was a prime building in terms of what they were trying to do,” Trump said.

Trump stated that he has “great confidence in these people,” adding that he knows them, and “they’re very talented, [and] very capable.”

“They had a bad day, and I think they’ll admit that,” Trump said.

According to Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., on CBS News’ “Face the Nation” Sunday, former Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheadle lied under oath when she said there were no denials to provide additional assets to the Secret Service.

“We found at least four occasions, actually, maybe five occasions, where requests were made,” Paul said. 

Both Trump’s Secret Service detail and his campaign were primarily requesting he have counter-snipers, Paul explained.

“Counter-snipers were denied until Butler,” he said. “So, thank God, on that day in Butler County, Pennsylvania, that was the first time he was allowed counter-snipers.”

Paul said the disciplinary action taken related to the events at the Butler rally were inadequate because no one was fired.

“The supervisor who heard about the person on the roof, who did not tell the detail immediately to take the president off the stage… He stayed in his job,” Paul said. “He did retire recently, but stayed in his job.”

By not firing some of these individuals, future presidential candidates could be in danger, Paul said.

“Really, that’s a danger that someone—one of the people that were in charge at Butler—could be in charge again,” he said. “That’s not right.”

Being the president is even more dangerous than being a race car driver or a bull rider, Trump said, joking he could have made a different decision about running for president had he known.

“But I wouldn’t have made a different decision because we’re doing so well,” he said. “The country’s back and … everyone’s saying we’ve got the hottest country in the world.”

Note: This article has been updated to include comments from Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky.

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