Trump Asked Point-Blank If His Assassination Attempt Changed Him In Any Way

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During a press gaggle on Tuesday, President Trump spoke about the attempt on his life last July.

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00:00You know, none whatsoever.

00:02We've seen how good your security detail is this weekend,

00:06and the team around you are amazing.

00:08They're doing a good job, yeah.

00:10Do you have any answers yet as to what happened with the assassination attempt?

00:14Having seen them in action, it seems remarkable that that was able to happen.

00:18You mean the assassination?

00:20They just weren't as good that day.

00:22They had a bad day.

00:24They shouldn't have had a roof that was, you know, unpatrolled.

00:28They should have had coordination with the local police,

00:32because, you know, you had a lot of talk going on.

00:35You had the woman screaming, there's a man up there with a gun.

00:38And a number of people were screaming, there's a guy up there with a gun.

00:42And they didn't have — the one group wasn't hooked into the other group.

00:48I'll tell you, the Secret Service shooter, David, was amazing.

00:52Because in four seconds, it was over.

00:56And if this lunatic was allowed to keep shooting, because then they had a lot of — tens of thousands of people there,

01:03so a lot of people could have been killed.

01:05I mean, we lost a great person and two people very badly injured.

01:09But the shooter — one bullet.

01:12Think of that.

01:13One bullet from a very far distance.

01:16It's amazing.

01:17It changed you.

01:18I don't know.

01:19He was great.

01:20Do you feel like it's changed you as a person?

01:21I don't know.

01:22You know, maybe and maybe not, but it's — I like to not think about it.

01:28You know, it affects some people greatly.

01:30I can't afford to be affected because I have a job to do.

01:33So I like not to think about it.

01:35Does it not get through —

01:36I think about it too much, it's probably not a good thing.

01:39Does it not get through your mind at all on a morning like this morning when you're outside, there's a crowd and you're getting a speech?

01:43I don't think about it.

01:44I don't think about it.

01:45I don't — I think you see the kind of protection now.

01:50It's — I think they're very good.

01:51It's a whole different level.

01:53Look, these people went to Biden and Biden's people and asked for more help because I was having rallies 60,000, 70,000 people.

02:03I had 115,000 people.

02:06And Biden would have two people.

02:08Nobody wanted to see the guy.

02:10And he'd have a bigger security detail than I had.

02:13And they were asking.

02:15Sean and the various people were asking for more people.

02:18And they were denied.

02:20So they denied him.

02:22And, you know, so you could make that case.

02:24I don't think they made that case well because they — I knew for a fact that they were asking for more people a lot.

02:30And they haven't wanted — they have said it, but not that publicly.

02:34But they wanted more people, and the Biden people would not give it to them.

02:38And we had massive crowds.

02:39You know, you were there.

02:40But we would have routinely 50,000, 60,000, 70,000 people.

02:45And he would have nobody.

02:47He couldn't fill the circles, you know, the eight circles.

02:51And he didn't need very many people.

02:54And so that was — that was a problem.

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