{"id":2597293,"date":"2026-04-30T17:27:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T21:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-jokingly-rejects-wearing-bulletproof-vest-in-the-future\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T17:28:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T21:28:59","slug":"trump-jokingly-rejects-wearing-bulletproof-vest-in-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-jokingly-rejects-wearing-bulletproof-vest-in-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump jokingly rejects wearing bulletproof vest in the future"},"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\">18<\/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-jokingly-rejects-wearing-bulletproof-vest-in-the-future%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=2597293&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>President Donald Trump, responding after the White House Correspondents\u2019 Association dinner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald ...\">shooting<\/a>, joked that wearing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/another-wave-of-portland-police-quit-amid-massive-spike-in-shootings-and-stabbings-fire-dept-responding-to-10-homeless-tent-fires-a-day\/\" title=\"Another Wave Of Portland Police Quit Amid Massive Spike In ...s And Stabbings; Fire Dept. ... To 10+ Homeless Tent Fires A Day\">bulletproof vest<\/a> would make him look \u201c20 pounds heavier,\u201d saying that if he were going to gain that much, he might as well put on a vest. 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In particular, Trump was asked whether there were talks about him \u201cwearing a bulletproof vest moving forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4550157\/trump-drops-tariffs-scottish-whisky\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump drops tariffs on Scottish whisky after hosting King Charles III<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4549613\/trump-executive-order-retirement-plan-coverage\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump signs executive order expanding retirement plan coverage for workers without access<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4549406\/watch-live-king-charles-bids-farewell-to-trump\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>WATCH LIVE: King Charles bids farewell to Trump<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know if I can handle looking 20 pounds heavier,\u201d Trump quipped. \u201cSome of these guys are physical specimens. If you want to gain 20 to 25 pounds, get a vest.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Trump said it was something he\u2019d been asked about but wasn\u2019t in favor of.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t like to do it because you\u2019re giving in to a bad element,\u201d the president said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4548641\/vance-left-political-violence-whcd-shooting\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4548641\/vance-left-political-violence-whcd-shooting\/\">JD VANCE SAYS THE LEFT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR POLITICAL VIOLENCE AFTER WHCD SHOOTING<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump was also asked if he was nervous about \u201canother assassination attempt,\u201d after having survived two before Saturday\u2019s shooting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think about it,\u201d Trump said. \u201cIf I did, I wouldn\u2019t be doing a very good job here. I\u2019d be thinking about nothing but that. I don\u2019t think about it. If I did, I wouldn\u2019t be effective.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump joked he wouldn\u2019t wear a bulletproof vest, fearing he\u2019d look 20 pounds heavier<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4183,"featured_media":2597294,"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\/2026\/04\/AP26108524599622.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[78892,47709,7617,32209,3634],"class_list":["post-2597293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bulletproof-vest","tag-future-plans","tag-joking","tag-second-amendment","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AP26108524599622.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2597293","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\/4183"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2597293"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2597293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2597297,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2597293\/revisions\/2597297"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2597294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2597293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2597293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2597293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}