{"id":2315732,"date":"2024-07-29T20:52:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T00:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-explains-melania-thought-he-died-in-assassination-attempt-thought-the-worst-had-happened-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-29T20:54:37","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T00:54:37","slug":"trump-explains-melania-thought-he-died-in-assassination-attempt-thought-the-worst-had-happened-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-explains-melania-thought-he-died-in-assassination-attempt-thought-the-worst-had-happened-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump explains Melania thought he died in assassination attempt: \u2018Thought the worst had happened\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-explains-melania-thought-he-died-in-assassination-attempt-thought-the-worst-had-happened-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2315732&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jake-sullivan-defends-sending-of-cluster-munitions-not-going-to-leave-ukraine-defenseless\/\" title=\"Jake Sullivan justifies sending cluster munitions to Ukraine, stating that it is necessary to ensure their defense.\">recent \u2062interview<\/a> with Fox News, former President Donald Trump discussed the emotional impact of\u200d an assassination attempt on him that\u2064 occurred earlier this month. He revealed that Melania Trump,\u200b his wife, was\u2064 watching \u2064the incident live and has struggled to talk about it since. Trump expressed that Melania thought he had faced the worst when he fell during the attack. He humorously noted that her difficulty in discussing the\u2064 incident could indicate her affection for him.<\/p>\n<p>Trump also mentioned feeling fine despite the bullet that grazed his \u200bear during \u200bthe\u2062 attack at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. He has agreed to meet with\u200b FBI agents for an interview related to the investigation of the assassination attempt, \u200cwhich has drawn scrutiny towards the Secret Service, prompting\u2062 calls \u200cfrom\u2062 some Republican lawmakers for a thorough investigation. Despite the criticism\u200b aimed at the Secret Service, Trump praised their officers\u200d for their bravery during the incident\u200c while noting that\u2063 the Secret Service Director has resigned in the wake of the events.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump explains Melania thought he died in assassination attempt: &lsquo;Thought the worst had happened&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1716365\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> said former first lady <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/melania-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Melania Trump<\/a> still cannot talk about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/assassination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>assassination attempt<\/a> that took place earlier this month.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-video-ottawa-protester-nobody-should-suffer-from-isolation-or-be-stigmatized-for-a-personal-decision\/\" title=\"Exclusive Video \u2014 Ottawa Protester: Nobody Should &#039;Suffer from Isolation&#039; or Be &#039;Stigmatized for a Personal Decision&#039;\">watching live<\/a>,&rdquo; Donald Trump told Fox News&rsquo;s <em>The Ingraham Angle<\/em>, explaining he later asked her what she felt in the moment<em>. <\/em>&ldquo;She can&rsquo;t even really talk about it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When I went down, she thought the worst had happened,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump coyly noted that his wife&rsquo;s inability to discuss her feelings is &ldquo;OK because that means she likes me or she loves me.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2526808&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=6c713dc2ebceaa7fd3c6aaca1c55c0fd\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;Let&rsquo;s say she could talk about it freely, that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-bidens-performance-was-so-bad-people-started-to-wonder-if-he-hallucinated-audience-during-debate\/\" title=\"Watch: Biden&#039;s Performance Was So Bad, People Started to Wonder if He Hallucinated Audience During Debate\">wouldn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t be &mdash; I&rsquo;m not so sure which is better, but she either likes or loves me and that&rsquo;s nice,&rdquo; Donald Trump said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The 2024 Republican presidential nominee said he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/george-floyds-girlfriend-floyd-hospitalized-for-overdose-months-earlier-drug-dealer-with-him-during-arrest\/\" title=\"George Floyd\u2019s Girlfriend: Floyd Hospitalized For Overdose Months Earlier, Drug Dealer With Him During Arrest\">feeling good<\/a> himself since a bullet grazed his right ear at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on July 13.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump has agreed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3102569\/trump-agrees-to-interview-with-fbi-on-assassination-attempt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>meet with FBI agents<\/a> for a victim interview as part of the bureau&rsquo;s investigation of the event.<\/p>\n<p>The assassination attempt has sparked intense criticism of the Secret Service, causing several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3101353\/secret-service-failures-republican-lawmakers-private-detectives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Republican lawmakers to investigate<\/a> the event. Despite the criticism, Donald Trump praised the Secret Service agents&rsquo; bravery, saying they rushed to him onstage while bullets were still flying through the air.<\/p>\n<p>Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3095494\/secret-service-director-kimberly-cheatle-resigns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>resigned<\/a>&nbsp;following her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3093585\/secret-service-director-dodges-house-gop-hearing-trump-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>testimony<\/a>&nbsp;before the House Oversight Committee last week. Since then, the House has also voted unanimously to establish a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3097057\/house-vote-task-force-trump-assassination-attempt-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>task force<\/a> to investigate the assassination attempt and expose&nbsp;security failures that left one person dead and three others, including Donald Trump, injured.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>James Copenhaver, 74, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3102551\/second-trump-rallygoer-released-hospital-two-weeks-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>discharged<\/a> from Allegheny General Hospital in&nbsp;Pittsburgh&nbsp;on Friday. His family described his injuries as &ldquo;life-altering.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>David Dutch, the other injured rallygoer, was&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3099521\/man-released-hospital-shot-butler-trump-rally\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>discharged from the hospital<\/a>&nbsp;last Wednesday after being shot in the chest and liver.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1716365\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1716365\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump reveals that Melania believed he had died during the assassination attempt, saying she &#8220;thought the worst had happened.&#8221; The former president shared with Fox News&#8217;s The Ingraham Angle that Melania is still unable to discuss the incident. He recounted asking her about her feelings at the time, noting, &#8220;She can\u2019t even really talk about it.&#8221; He added that when he was attacked, she feared for his life. Trump humorously remarked that her difficulty in expressing herself is a positive sign of her affection for him. He stated, \u201cIf she could talk about it freely, I\u2019m not sure which would be better; but it\u2019s nice to know she either likes or loves me.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The 2024 Republican presidential candidate mentioned he is doing well after a bullet grazed his right ear during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on July 13. Trump has agreed to meet with FBI agents for an interview as part of their investigation into the incident. This assassination attempt has led to significant criticism of the Secret Service and prompted several Republican lawmakers to look into what happened. Despite this criticism, Trump commended the bravery of Secret Service agents who rushed to his aid while shots were still being fired.<\/p>\n<p>Following testimony before the House Oversight Committee last week, Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned. Subsequently, Congress voted unanimously to form a task force aimed at investigating the assassination attempt and uncovering security lapses that resulted in one death and injuries to three others, including Trump himself. James Copenhaver, 74 years old and one of those injured in the attack, was released from Allegheny General Hospital on Friday; his family described his injuries as &#8220;life-altering.&#8221; Another injured attendee at the rally named David Dutch was discharged from hospital care last Wednesday after sustaining gunshot wounds to his chest and liver<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2689,"featured_media":2315733,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/trump-assassination-attempt-comer-1024x591.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[34943,20900,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2315732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-assassination-attempt","tag-melania","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/trump-assassination-attempt-comer-1024x591.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2315732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2689"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2315732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2315732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2315732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2315732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2315732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}