Former President Donald Trump said he is only here today by the „grace of Almighty God,“ recounting the assassination attempt against him.
Former President Donald Trump said he is only here today by the “grace of Almighty God,” recounting the moments he came close to certain death in intricate detail during his highly anticipated speech at the Republican National Convention on Thursday in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, stating that he felt safe in many of those moments because he had God on his side.
Americans have been on the edge of their seats waiting to hear Trump’s first formal remarks less than one week from the day the former president almost lost his life — something most everyone admits was a miracle from above. Trump thanked the American people for their love and support following the assassination attempt at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
“As you already know, the assassin’s bullet came within a quarter of an inch of taking my life. So many people have asked me, ‘What happened, please?’ and, therefore, I’ll tell you what happened,” Trump said, according to his prepared remarks, although he added this line, surely catching the attention of millions across the country, “And you’ll never hear it from me a second time because it’s too painful to tell.”
“It was a warm, beautiful day in the early evening in Butler Township in the great Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,” he began, describing the loud music and happy crowd that day. He detailed how he was discussing what his administration did on illegal immigration before turning to look at a screen that was displaying a chart of border crossings under his leadership.
“In order to see the chart, I started to, like this, turn to my right and was ready to begin a little bit further turn, which I’m very lucky I didn’t do, when I heard a loud whizzing sound and fell something hit me really, really hard on my right ear,” he said, explaining, “I said to myself, ‘Wow what was that? It can only be a bullet.’”
“Just absolutely blood all over the place,” he said, describing how he touched his ear with his hand and saw the blood.
