President Trump: "I will tell you what happened, and you’ll never hear it from me a second time"

RNC MILWAUKEE 7/18/14 -- President Trump Describes Assassination Attempt in Detail at RNC Speech

"Let me begin this evening by expressing my gratitude to the American people for your outpouring of love and support following the assassination attempt at my rally on Saturday. As you already know, the assassin’s bullet came within a quarter of an inch of taking my life.

"So many people have asked me what happened ... and therefore, I will tell you what happened, and you’ll never hear it from me a second time, because it’s actually too painful to tell.

"It was a warm, beautiful day in the early evening in Butler Township in the great commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Music was loudly playing, and the campaign was doing really well. I went to the stage, and the crowd was cheering wildly. Everybody was happy. I began speaking very strongly, powerfully and happily because I was discussing the great job my administration did on immigration at the southern border. We were very proud of it.

"Behind me and to the right was a large screen that was displaying a chart of border crossings under my leadership. The numbers were absolutely amazing. In order to see the chart, I started to turn, like this, to my right, and was ready to begin a further turn, which I’m lucky I didn’t do, when I heard a loud whizzing sound and felt something hit me, really, really hard, on my right ear.

"I said to myself, 'Wow, what was that? It can only be a bullet,' and moved my right hand to my ear, brought it down, and my hand was covered with blood. There was absolutely blood all over the place. I immediately knew it was very serious, that we were under attack, and in one movement proceeded to drop to the ground.

"Bullets were continuing to fly as very brave Secret Service agents rushed to the stage — and they really did, they rushed to the stage. And at great risk, I will tell you. And they pounced on top of me for protection. There was blood pouring everywhere, and yet, in a certain way I felt very safe, because I had God on my side. I felt that.

"The amazing thing is that prior to the shot, if I had not moved my head at the very last instant, the assassin’s bullet would have perfectly hit its mark, and I would not be with you tonight. We would not be together.

"The most incredible aspect of what took place on that terrible evening in the fading sun was seen later. In almost all cases, and when even a single bullet is fired — just a single bullet, and we had many bullets that were being fired — crowds run for the exits or stampede, but not in this case. Very unusual.

"This massive crowd of tens of thousands of people stood by and didn’t move an inch. In fact, many of them bravely, but automatically, stood up looking for where the sniper would be — they knew immediately it was a sniper — and then began pointing at him. ...

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