Former President Donald Trump has spoken out about the assassination attempt on him, saying the experience changed his attitude and “outlook on life.”
The former president comment He introduced a documentary about himself to an audience at a private event in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where the Republican National Convention is being held.
“That’s why I say close call!”
“This was our best campaign ever. And then I got shot!” Trump said at the event.
“How can that happen?” he asked as the crowd chanted “Fight, fight, fight!”
“How can something like that happen? But I was lucky, God was with me,” he added.
“That’s why they say it was a close call! It was an amazing, terrifying, wonderful thing that happened. In so many ways it changes your attitude, your outlook on life. And honestly, I think I’m even more grateful to God because of what happened. I really do. And not because it’s fun,” Trump continued.
“It’s not completely off,” he added, “but it’s pretty awful that it would happen.”
PBS News obtained video from attendees of the event, Published on PBS’s social media accounts.
Trump is scheduled to deliver the keynote speech at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, later Thursday, and has said he has adapted his speech in light of the shooting.
“This is an opportunity to bring the whole country and even the whole world together. This speech will be completely different than it was two days ago,” Trump said. Said In another interview.
The Secret Service has been heavily criticized for lax security at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, where the former president was nearly assassinated.
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