{"id":2335288,"date":"2024-09-01T16:05:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-01T20:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-explains-barrons-reaction-to-assassination-attempt-he-loves-his-father-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-01T16:07:22","modified_gmt":"2024-09-01T20:07:22","slug":"trump-explains-barrons-reaction-to-assassination-attempt-he-loves-his-father-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-explains-barrons-reaction-to-assassination-attempt-he-loves-his-father-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump explains Barron\u2019s reaction to assassination attempt: \u2018He loves his father\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=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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-barrons-reaction-to-assassination-attempt-he-loves-his-father-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=2335288&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>Former\u200d President Donald \u2062Trump discussed his youngest son&#8217;s reaction to his near-death experience during a rally in Butler, \u2062Pennsylvania, where gunfire erupted, narrowly missing \u2063him. Trump \u200bshared on Fox \u2062News \u2062that his son,\u200b Barron, was playing \u2062tennis when someone informed him of \u200bthe incident. Barron rushed to his mother, Melania, who was watching the rally live in shock. Trump described Barron as a caring\u200d son, highlighting \u200chis athletic \u200dand academic abilities. He referred to the incident as a \u2062&#8221;miracle,&#8221; expressing\u200b gratitude for surviving what \u200bcould have been a fatal shooting. Trump also mentioned that his son Donald Trump Jr. was in disbelief\u200d that his father had emerged unscathed. He attributed his \u200bsurvival to \u200ddivine intervention, noting that some people have turned to faith\u200d following the\u200c event. Investigations into the security failures during the rally are \u2062ongoing, with Trump\u2019s would-be assassin identified as Thomas Matthew Crooks.  <\/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 Barron&rsquo;s reaction to assassination attempt: &lsquo;He loves his father&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_1743183\" 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> reflected on how concerned his youngest son was when he found out about his father&rsquo;s near-death encounter at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pennsylvania\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Pennsylvania<\/a> rally.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Donald Trump had been speaking to supporters at the rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, in July when gunfire shots were heard, with at least one of the bullets skimming the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">president&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s ear before Secret Service members surrounded him. Donald Trump&rsquo;s wife, former first lady <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/melania-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Melania Trump<\/a>, had been watching the rally on television when the shooting occurred, during which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/barron-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Barron Trump<\/a>, their son, was in the middle of a tennis lesson.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s a good tennis player, he&rsquo;s outside playing tennis, and somebody ran up &lsquo;Barron, Barron, your father&rsquo;s been shot,&rsquo;&rdquo; Donald Trump said on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>Life, Liberty, and Levin<\/em>. &ldquo;You know, he loves his father. He&rsquo;s a good kid, good student, good athlete, actually. And he ran, &lsquo;Mom, what&rsquo;s going on, what&rsquo;s going on?&rsquo; She <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whistleblower-democrats-stole-votes-for-joe-biden-from-every-developmentally-disabled-person-in-milwaukee-homes-she-spoke-with\/\" title=\"Whistleblower: Democrats Stole Votes for Joe Biden from Every Developmentally Disabled Person in Milwaukee Homes She Spoke With\">couldn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t believe it. She was actually watching it live, can you imagine?&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=2575152&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=2fca55fe35849df0295d3d76dde42045\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-vice-president-mike-pence-joins-the-heritage-foundation\/\" title=\"Former Vice President Mike Pence Joins The Heritage Foundation\">president added<\/a> that it was &ldquo;a miracle&rdquo; he survived the shooting, as the shot fired at him should have been &ldquo;a sure thing.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump-jr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump Jr.<\/a>, the oldest of the Trump children, who the former president said is &ldquo;great&rdquo; with guns, contacted his father after the shooting, telling him he could not believe his father was not dead.<\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump also credited God for saving his life from the shooting, stating that he knows of people who have become believers in God since the historic event.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">FILE -Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents after an assassination attempt at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-the-bidens-got-rich-while-americans-got-robbed\/\" title=\"Donald Trump: &#039;The Bidens Got Rich While Americans Got Robbed&#039;\">campaign rally<\/a> in Butler, Pa., Saturday, July 13, 2024. Months before the assassination attempt, some Pennsylvania lawmakers had proposed to outlaw the type of rifle used in the shooting. (AP Photo\/Evan Vucci, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Since the shooting, various investigations have been started to look into the failures of the rally&rsquo;s security. The FBI revealed Wednesday that Trump&rsquo;s would-be assassin, who has been identified as Thomas Matthew Crooks, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3136676\/fbi-trump-shooter-researched-campaign-schedule-months-before-rally\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>conducted multiple online searches related to Trump&rsquo;s campaign events<\/a> months before the shooting.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The FBI also unveiled crime scene photos on Wednesday, including images of Crooks&rsquo;s gun, book bag, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-search-underway-after-2-inmates-escape-from-ariz-prison\/\" title=\"Police search underway after 2 inmates escape from Ariz. prison\">air conditioning unit<\/a> that the FBI believes Crooks used to hoist himself onto a roof at the rally, and two of the improvised explosive devices Crooks made and stored in his vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>In the wake of the shooting, the Secret Service told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3132584\/secret-service-agents-leave-trump-assassination-attempt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>an unspecified number of agents were put on desk duty<\/a>, walking back its earlier statement that agents were put on leave and not allowed to return to work. A source familiar with the matter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/secret-service-agents-on-leave-trump-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>told<\/a> news organizations that five people were placed on leave: one person from Trump&rsquo;s personal protective team and four from the Pittsburgh field office, including the special agent in charge.<\/p>\n<\/div>\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_1743183\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1743183\"}});<\/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 discusses Barron&#8217;s response to the assassination attempt: &#8216;He loves his father&#8217; Former President Donald Trump shared insights into his youngest son&#8217;s reaction upon learning about his father&#8217;s life-threatening incident at a rally in Pennsylvania. During the event in Butler, Pennsylvania, in July, while addressing supporters, gunfire erupted, with at least one bullet narrowly missing Trump before Secret Service agents quickly surrounded him. At that time, Trump&#8217;s wife, Melania Trump, was watching the rally on TV while their son Barron was taking a tennis lesson. &#8220;He\u2019s a good tennis player outside when someone rushed over saying \u2018Barron, Barron, your father\u2019s been shot,\u2019&#8221; Donald Trump recounted on Fox News&#8217;s Life, Liberty and Levin. &#8220;He loves his father; he\u2019s a great kid\u2014good student and athlete too. He ran to his mom asking what was happening.&#8221; Melania was understandably shocked as she witnessed the events unfold live on television.<\/p>\n<p>The former president remarked that it was &#8220;a miracle&#8221; he survived since the shot aimed at him should have been fatal. His eldest son Donald Trump Jr., who is skilled with firearms according to his father, reached out after the incident expressing disbelief that Trump wasn&#8217;t dead. Additionally, Donald credited God for saving him during this ordeal and noted that some people have turned to faith following this significant event.<\/p>\n<p>In light of the shooting incident at Trump&#8217;s campaign rally in Butler on July 13th of this year\u2014where an assassin attempted to take his life\u2014investigations into security lapses are underway. The FBI disclosed recently that Thomas Matthew Crooks has been identified as Trump&#8217;s would-be assassin and had conducted numerous online searches related to Trump&#8217;s campaign events prior to the attack.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, crime scene photos were released by the FBI showing Crooks&#8217;s firearm and backpack along with images of an air conditioning unit believed to be used by Crooks for access onto a roof during the rally and two improvised explosive devices found in his vehicle. Following these events, it was reported by Secret Service officials that several agents were reassigned to desk duty instead of being placed on leave as previously stated; sources indicated five individuals\u2014including one from Trump&#8217;s personal protection team\u2014were put on leave from their duties<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2335289,"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\/09\/Barron-Trump-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[34943,17798,3634],"class_list":["post-2335288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-assassination-attempt","tag-barron","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Barron-Trump-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2335288","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\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2335288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2335288\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2335289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2335288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2335288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2335288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}