{"id":2457482,"date":"2025-07-09T14:01:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T18:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zito-details-calls-with-trump-on-presence-of-god-in-butler\/"},"modified":"2025-07-09T14:02:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T18:02:15","slug":"zito-details-calls-with-trump-on-presence-of-god-in-butler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zito-details-calls-with-trump-on-presence-of-god-in-butler\/","title":{"rendered":"Zito details calls with Trump on &#8216;presence of God&#8217; in Butler"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fzito-details-calls-with-trump-on-presence-of-god-in-butler%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=2457482&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>Salena Zito, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-bush-speechwriter-says-trump-supporters-should-lay-off-the-fried-foods-and-order-salmon-instead\/\" title=\"Former Bush Speechwriter Says ... Supporters Should Lay Off The \u2018Fried Foods\u2019 And \u2018Order Salmon\u2019 Instead\">senior columnist<\/a> for the Washington Examiner, released a new book titled *Butler: The Untold Story of the Near Assassination of Donald Trump and the Fight for America&#8217;s Heartland*.the book details Zito&#8217;s experience and conversations with former President Donald Trump following an <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >assassination attempt<\/a> on him in Butler, Pennsylvania, last year. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-newsom-lifts-calif-lockdown-orders-amid-mounting-backlash\/\" title=\"Gov. Newsom lifts Calif. lockdown orders amid mounting backlash\">recent interview<\/a>,Zito shared insights from seven phone calls she had with Trump the day after the shooting.During these conversations, Trump reflected on the event and expressed a sense of divine intervention, which he described as the &#8220;presence of God&#8221; protecting him. Zito, who was present at the rally with her family, was initially scheduled to interview Trump on the day of the incident, but the interview was postponed. Trump later apologized during their phone calls, acknowledging the shared trauma from the shooting. The book and its revelations have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"... taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">received<\/a> notable media attention, and Trump himself promoted it by sharing a photo holding a signed copy.  <\/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\">Zito&rsquo;s new book on Trump assassination attempt gets media hits<\/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_2169386\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Washington Examiner<\/em> senior columnist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/salena-zito\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Salena Zito<\/a> gave an interview on <em>O&rsquo;Connor &amp; Company<\/em> Wednesday to share the content of her phone calls with President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3465421\/trump-heralds-powerful-salena-zito-book-on-assassination-attempt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> after he survived an assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, last year.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He came to terms in those conversations about God, because he said, &lsquo;Salena, I have no explanation for why I put the chart down. I never put the chart down. I have no explanation as to why I turned my head around. I never turn away from the crowd,&rsquo;&rdquo; Zito said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3466495\/glenn-youngkin-family-rescued-from-texas-floods\/\">Youngkin&#8217;s family rescued from Texas floods<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3466649\/trump-tariffs-letters-announcing-tariffs-moldova-iraq-libya-philippines\/\">Trump sends new round of letters announcing tariffs on seven nations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3466694\/criminal-defendants-released-boston-jail-defense-lawyer-work-stoppage\/\">Criminal defendants released from Boston jail due to defense lawyer work stoppage<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&ldquo;I said to him, Mister President, are you bleeping kidding me? I was not shot. You were shot. I just couldn&#8217;t believe he was asking about me&hellip;&rdquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZitoSalena?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ZitoSalena<\/a> reveals what now-President Trump said to her in SEVEN stunning phone calls they had on July 14, 2024 &ndash; the day after he was&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XB7Kj8LqIB\">pic.twitter.com\/XB7Kj8LqIB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Next Up with Mark Halperin (@NextUpHalperin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NextUpHalperin\/status\/1942705541010071906?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 8, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>Zito details all seven phone calls she received the day after the shooting in her new book, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Butler-Untold-Assassination-Americas-Heartland\/dp\/1546009140\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><em>Butler: The Untold Story of the Near Assassination of Donald Trump and the Fight for America&rsquo;s Heartland<\/em><\/a>. In her capacity as a reporter, Zito was present at the Butler rally with her daughter and son-in-law.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;&lsquo;The only explanation to me is the presence of God, the hand of God. So what does that mean? For me it means I have a purpose that I <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: &#039;Pipeline&#039; to Obama Admin Seen as &#039;Currency&#039;\">didn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t understand that I had before,&rsquo;&rdquo; Zito continued to paraphrase the president.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Zito was scheduled to interview Trump that day, but the interview was ultimately postponed. According to Zito, he apologized in several phone calls the next day because they both had &ldquo;a connection to that moment&rdquo; of the shooting.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3465421\/trump-heralds-powerful-salena-zito-book-on-assassination-attempt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>TRUMP HERALDS &lsquo;POWERFUL&rsquo; BOOK BY THE &lsquo;WASHINGTON EXAMINER&rsquo;S&rsquo; ZITO ON ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think much of it had to do with, we were both there and we both experienced it,&rdquo; Zito said on<em> Next Up with Mark Halverpin<\/em> Tuesday. &ldquo;Those are pretty profound conversations that we had in those moments.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Zito <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3465421\/trump-heralds-powerful-salena-zito-book-on-assassination-attempt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">shared a photo of Trump<\/a> holding up a signed copy of her book on X on Tuesday, the day the book was released.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <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_2169386\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2169386\"}});<\/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>Zito&#8217;s book on Trump assassination attempt gains media attention<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2457483,"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\/AP24214836428902-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[14071,58741,3634,57334],"class_list":["post-2457482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-butler","tag-presence-of-god","tag-trump","tag-zito-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/AP24214836428902-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2457482","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\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2457482"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2457482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2457486,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2457482\/revisions\/2457486"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2457483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2457482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2457482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2457482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}