‘I’m supposed to be dead,’ Trump says in new interview
Recalling the “very surreal experience” that nearly took his life, Trump said he was grateful for the Secret Service who took down the suspected shooter and shielded him.
“I’m not supposed to be here, I’m supposed to be dead,” he told the New York Post Sunday, as he sported a large white bandage covering his right ear. “The doctor at the hospital said he never saw anything like this, he called it a miracle,” he said.
Commenting on a picture taken after he got up that showed him raising his fist, he said, “Usually you have to die to have an iconic picture.” Trump also explained why he asked for his shoes in the moments just after the shooting. “The agents hit me so hard that my shoes fell off, and my shoes are tight,” he said.
While he was rushed to a car soon after, Trump said, “I just wanted to keep speaking, but I just got shot.”
He said he appreciated getting a call from President Joe Biden, calling it “fine” and said Biden was “very nice.”
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