{"id":2342587,"date":"2024-09-17T20:29:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T00:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-muses-about-assassination-attempts-at-town-hall-only-consequential-presidents-get-shot-at-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-17T20:29:48","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T00:29:48","slug":"trump-muses-about-assassination-attempts-at-town-hall-only-consequential-presidents-get-shot-at-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-muses-about-assassination-attempts-at-town-hall-only-consequential-presidents-get-shot-at-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump muses about assassination attempts at town hall: \u2018Only consequential presidents get shot at\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\">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-muses-about-assassination-attempts-at-town-hall-only-consequential-presidents-get-shot-at-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=2342587&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 President Donald Trump recently addressed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/inside-the-nras-strategy-to-escape-disaster\/\" title=\"Inside the NRA\u2019s Strategy to Escape Disaster\">recent attempt<\/a> on his life during\u2064 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tv-network-ratings-drop-during-bidens-first-full-week-in-office\/\" title=\"TV Network Ratings Drop During Biden\u2019s First Full Week in Office\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-knows-he-messed-up-on-fracking-at-debate-and-is-now-doing-damage-control-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Knows He Messed Up On Fracking At Debate And Is Now Doing Damage Control | The Daily Wire\">town hall<\/a> event<\/a> in Flint, Michigan, where he expressed that such\u200c incidents signify his influence as a leader. In his remarks, he linked the incident to his advocacy for new tariffs, particularly on the automobile industry, suggesting it attracted unwanted attention. Trump stated, \u200b&#8221;Only consequential \u2064presidents get shot\u200c at,&#8221; implying that facing threats is an inherent part of holding significant power.<\/p>\n<p>While discussing the seriousness of being a president, he \u2062managed to\u2062 maintain a light-hearted tone, likening \u200dthe dangers of presidency to extreme sports. He humorously noted, &#8220;They think race \u200ccar driving is dangerous. \u2064No, this is\u2062 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fox-news-colleagues-flood-twitter-with-prayers-for-reporter-injured-in-ukraine\/\" title=\"Fox News Colleagues Flood Twitter With Prayers For Reporter Injured In Ukraine\">dangerous business<\/a>,&#8221; to emphasize\u2064 the risks associated with his former role. Throughout his comments, he maintained a commitment to bravery in the face of these dangers, highlighting the \u200bimportance of their responsibilities for the country\u2019s well-being.  <\/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 muses about assassination attempts at town hall: &lsquo;Only consequential presidents get shot at&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_1762931\" 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\">Donald Trump<\/a> reflected on the second <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/assassinations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">assassination<\/a> attempt against him, seeing it as proof of his importance.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Trump spoke at a town hall in Flint, Michigan, with Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R-AR) in some of his first comments since the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3157192\/man-pleads-not-guilty-alleged-trump-assassination-plot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>second recent attempt on his life<\/a>. After floating new tariffs, particularly regarding automobiles, a key industry in the Great Lakes State, Trump suggested that such a move put a target on him.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump waving to supporters supporters at a town hall event at the Dort Financial Center, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024, in Flint, Michigan. (AP Photo\/Evan Vucci)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;And then you wonder why I get shot at, right? You know, only consequential presidents get shot at, when I say something like that,&rdquo; Trump said. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But what can you do? You have to do it. &hellip; You have to do it, right? You have to, we have to be brave. Otherwise, we&rsquo;re not going to have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/limbaugh-the-lefts-ongoing-campaign-to-denigrate-trump-supporters\/\" title=\"LIMBAUGH: The Left\u2019s Ongoing Campaign To Denigrate Trump Supporters\">country left<\/a>,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>At another point, Trump was more lighthearted about the attempt on his life, while still maintaining the severity of the position he holds.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Well, it&rsquo;s been a great experience. It&rsquo;s a dangerous business. However, being president, it&rsquo;s a little bit dangerous,&rdquo; he said with a chuckle. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s, you know, they think race car driving is dangerous. No, they think bull riding, that&rsquo;s pretty scary, right? No, this is a dangerous business, so we have to keep it safe.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The former president also gave a full, detailed recount of Sunday&rsquo;s events.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;One of the gentlemen, one of the agents was walking a couple of holes in front and he saw a rifle,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;AK-47, that&rsquo;s serious stuff, right? You know more about that. My sons know more about this stuff, but AK-47, that&rsquo;s it. That&rsquo;s a bad one.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This was an AK-47 and he saw the barrel of the gun coming out from a bush,&rdquo; Trump continued. &ldquo;Can you believe it? This guy was all set, all set to do his number. And there was no talk.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump went on to call for more support for the Secret Service.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This guy, these guys do a great job,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;They do need more people, and they&rsquo;ve been complaining about that for a long time, but he did a great job.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Republican leader also discussed the woman who followed the shooter&rsquo;s car after he ran away, helping to lead to his arrest.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But you want to know another sort of a miracle? So the guy is now running for his life, and he&rsquo;s got a car a block away or whatever,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;And a woman &hellip; a woman, not a man, a woman. See, women are smarter than men. &hellip; Our great first lady is very happy now.&rdquo;<\/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_1762931\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1762931\"}});<\/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 reflects on assassination attempts during town hall: &#8216;Only significant presidents get targeted&#8217; <\/p>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump discussed the second assassination attempt against him, interpreting it as evidence of his significance. Speaking at a town hall event in Flint, Michigan, alongside Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R-AR), Trump made some of his initial remarks following this recent threat to his life. After proposing new tariffs, especially on automobiles\u2014a vital sector in the Great Lakes region\u2014he implied that such actions made him a target. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And then you wonder why I get shot at, right? Only significant presidents face such threats when I say things like that,&#8221; Trump remarked. &#8220;But what can you do? You have to be brave; otherwise, we won&#8217;t have a country left.&#8221; He later took a lighter tone regarding the seriousness of his position while acknowledging its dangers. &#8220;Well, it&#8217;s been quite an experience. It&#8217;s risky business being president,&#8221; he joked. &#8220;People think race car driving is dangerous or bull riding is scary\u2014no, this is truly hazardous work.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Trump also provided a detailed account of the events from Sunday: \u201cOne of the agents was walking ahead and spotted a rifle,\u201d he said. \u201cAn AK-47\u2014that&#8217;s serious stuff! My sons know more about these things than I do.\u201d He continued describing how an agent saw the gun barrel emerging from behind some bushes and expressed disbelief at how prepared the assailant was.<\/p>\n<p>He called for increased support for the Secret Service: \u201cThese guys do an excellent job; they need more personnel,\u201d he stated while praising their efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Trump mentioned a woman who followed the shooter&#8217;s vehicle after he fled and helped lead to his capture: \u201cYou want to hear another miracle? The guy was running for his life with a car nearby,\u201d he explained. \u201cAnd it was a woman\u2014not a man\u2014who stepped up! Women are often smarter than men&#8230; Our wonderful first lady would be pleased.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2342588,"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\/Trump-Flint.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[34963,41097,38665,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2342587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-assassination-attempts","tag-consequential-presidents","tag-town-hall","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Trump-Flint.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2342587","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\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2342587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2342587\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2342588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2342587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2342587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2342587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}