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Trump reveals new details of first assassination attempt in exclusive interview: ‘It was the craziest day’
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Trump reveals new details of first assassination attempt in exclusive interview: ‘It was the craziest day’

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President Trump revealed new details about his first assassination attempt during his second rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, including how his son Barron learned about the attack during an exclusive interview with Fox News’ Laura Ingraham.

“Barron was playing tennis with his friends, and someone walked up and ran up to him and said, ‘Your dad’s been shot. He’s been shot,'” Trump told The Ingraham Angle. “Barron loves his dad very much… and he came in and said, ‘Mom, mom, mom, what happened?'”

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“Then they saw me stand up, and then they saw the fist bump… it’s very interesting,” he continued. “When I got up, people thought he might be dead.”

Trump gathered tens of thousands of supporters at the same spot in Butler where he was shot in the ear by gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks on July 13.

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Republican presidential candidate, former President Donald Trump, hugs Elon Musk during a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

During the first attempt on his life, Trump was rushed off stage by Secret Service and taken to a local hospital, where he said it had closed upon his arrival.

“The hospital was great, and I didn’t realize this: when a president goes to an area, they close the hospital in its entirety, it’s set up for exactly this,” he said. ‘I didn’t know they did that. I got there, doctors and nurses were outside, and there were no people. They literally closed it, almost as if they were expecting this.”

“It’s… genius, but who would ever think that? And I was so impressed,” he continued.

After Trump was shot in the ear and Secret Service agents surrounded him and pushed him to the ground as shots were fired, he quickly stood up as they escorted him off stage and held his fist in the air as he said the words: “fight, fight, fight.”

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“I convinced them that I thought I had only been hit in the ear. It’s very interesting,” he recalls. “But they let me get up and I watched and it was dead silent, even though I was standing upright and in view, because people didn’t know if I was alive or not. And when I did the fist pump, everyone realized it and they” We scream : ‘USA, US.’ It was the craziest day. It was a crazy time.”

Trump also held a moment of silence for Corey Comperatore at 6:11 p.m., the exact time Crooks began shooting at the former president on July 13. Comperatore, a rally participant, father, husband and firefighter, was fatally injured while protecting his family. .

At the start of his speech in Butler, Trump acknowledged Comperatore’s death and thanked his family members — including his widow and their daughters — for their presence.

Elon Musk also made a grand appearance and made remarks, urging his supporters to vote as the election approaches.

“Just be a plague on everyone,” he told the crowd. “You know, people everywhere on the streets: voting, voting, voting!”

“Fight, fight, fight, vote, vote, vote,” Musk added. At one point, the X owner jumped up excitedly.

Fox News’ Andrea Margolis contributed to this report.