Former US President, Donald Trump on Sunday told the New York Post, NYP, he was “supposed to be dead”. The Republican presidential candidate hopeful stated this after surviving an assassination attempt, which he described as a “very surreal experience.”
“I’m not supposed to be here, I’m supposed to be dead,” Trump told the NYP
Trump stated this in an interview on board his plane en route to Milwaukee for the Republican National Convention. He is expected is set to be confirmed as the party’s presidential candidate at the convention.
“It was a “very surreal experience” he said with a white bandage covering his right ear, NYP said.
Recall that a gunman targeted Trump on Saturday when he was addressing a rally. The shooting which has been described as a chaotic and shocking incident has set supercharge political tensions ahead of the polarizing US presidential election in November.
But speaking hours after the incident, the Republican candidate said he felt the bullet rip through his skin.
“It is incredible that such an act can take place in our Country,” Trump said.
He made the statement on his Truth Social network hours later, in remarks sure to stoke the political hostility already engulfing the United States.
“I knew immediately that something was wrong in that I heard a whizzing sound, shots. And immediately felt the bullet ripping through the skin. Much bleeding took place. So, I realized then what was happening.”
According to the report, Trump was later seen walking unaided from his plane. “Though his wounded ear was not facing the camera in video footage posted by his deputy communications director.
The New York Times reported that he was staying the night in New Jersey.
The US Police has also confirmed that a spectator was killed and two critically injured in the shooting. All of them male adults, the report stated.
In a video footage, the 78-year-old former US President was seen been rushed off stage with blood streaked across his face after the shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania. While the shooter and a bystander were killed, and two spectators critically injured.
In a press conference after the incident, the FBI confirmed that the shooting was being treated as “an assassination attempt against our former president, Donald Trump.”
“The shooter, reportedly a registered Republican, was believed to be working alone.
“His father, Matthew Crooks told CNN that he was trying to establish “what the hell is going on” And he would not comment until he spoke to law enforcement.
After multiple witnesses said they saw the gunman before the shooting and alerted authorities, Butler police said they had “responded to a number of reports of suspicious activity”.
The attack has sent shock waves around the world. With the leaders of Britain, Israel, China, Nigeria and many other countries expressing outrage at the development.
source: AFP
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