Former President Donald Trump said it was President Biden’s “fault” that he lacked a sufficient security detail before he was nearly assassinated at a July 13 campaign rally in Butler, Pa., during a lengthy interview with TV host Dr. Phil.
Former President Donald Trump claimed in an interview with Dr. Phil McGraw that President Biden is at “fault” for the lack of a sufficient security detail when the Republican nominee was nearly assassinated at a July 13 campaign rally in Butler, Pa.
“People would ask, whose fault is it? I think to a certain extent it’s Biden’s fault and [Vice President Kamala] Harris’s fault,” Trump, 78, claimed during the Tuesday sit-down, pointing to the Democrats’ repeated rhetoric about the 45th president being a “threat to democracy.”
“And I’m the opponent,” Trump emphasized. “Look, they were weaponizing government against me. They brought in the whole DOJ to try and get me. They weren’t too interested in my health and safety.”
“Our people were always fighting to get more security, more Secret Service, and he knew that we didn’t have enough,” he claimed.
McGraw, the longtime daytime TV host, had asked Trump of Biden, 81, and Harris, 59: “I’m not saying that they wanted you to get shot, but do you think it was OK with them if you did?”
“They’re saying I’m a threat to democracy. No, they’re a threat,” Trump said at another point during the hour-long interview on Dr. Phil’s Merit Street. “They would say that. That was a standard line, just keep saying it, and you know that can get assassins or potential assassins going.
