Trump’s town hall in Michigan was shorter than his typical campaign rally, but he used the event to discuss everything from the failed attempts on his life to a promise to boost the auto industry.
In his first public appearance since an apparent assassination attempt was thwarted on Sunday, former President Donald Trump continued to offer a disjointed but dire picture of America if he does not win in November.
Speaking at a town hall in Flint with Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, his onetime White House press secretary, Trump mentioned the threats against him — including the assassination attempt against him in July in Butler, Penn. — as evidence that his policy proposals around things like tariffs for foreign-made automotives are powerful.
“You know, only consequential presidents get shot,” he said. “You have to do what you have to do, right? You have to — we have to be brave, otherwise we’re not going to have a country left.”
Trump said he spoke with Vice President Kamala Harris about Sunday’s incident where a man with a long criminal history allegedly pointed a rifle through a fence several holes ahead of where he was golfing at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Fla.
“A little while ago, I got a very nice call from Kamala,” he said. “It was very nice, it was very nice, and we appreciate that, but we have to take back our country. We have to win.
