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Donald Trump Speaks Out After Surviving Assassination Attempt: ‘I’m Not Supposed to Be Here’

Donald Trump is speaking out about surviving an assassination attempt after he was injured when shots were fired during the shooting at his Pennsylvania campaign rally on July 13.

Donald Trump was injured after a bullet grazed his ear during a shooting at his Pennsylvania campaign rally on Saturday, July 13"I’m not supposed to be here, I’m supposed to be dead," the former president said in his first interview since the assassination attempt Trump praised the "fantastic" Secret Service personnel working that day, adding, "It's surreal for all of us" Trump, who was talking to the outlet on his plane while traveling to Milwaukee for the Republican National Convention on Monday, July 15, also mentioned the photos taken in the aftermath of the shooting, including one shot of him posing with his fist in the air. The 54-year-old continued, "And let us remember that when the time comes to look beyond the left and the right, beyond the red and the blue, we all come from families with the passion to fight for a better life together, while we are here, in this earthly realm."

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