Donald Trump Jr. described the “scary” moments when he learned of the Saturday evening assassination attempt on his father, former President Donald Trump. Secret Service agents Trump off the stage when the former president was hit in the right ear during the incident which left former volunteer fire chief dead and two other attendees at the rally wounded.
The president’s son told talk show host Joe Pagliarulo during a Sunday during a special broadcast of the “Joe Pags Show” that he had been taking some time off prior to the Republican convention when he learned of the attempt on his father’s life. “I was with my children when I got a call, and no one really had any information. And I didn’t know what was going on,” Trump Jr.
told Pagliarulo, adding later that the moments after the initial reports were “pretty scary times.” The younger Trump then detailed how the former president was doing since the attack, and the former president’s reaction to the assassination attempt. Just after the shots were fired, former President Trump , shouting “Fight!” multiple times as the rally attendees shouted “USA!” “He’s doing great.
You know it was funny in sort of, you know, true Trump fashion. I mean, we get on the phone and I just like, ‘Hey man, you are a serious badass.’ I mean, that photo was you know, so iconic, and we sort of, you know, laughed about that,” Trump Jr.
said. “Obviously, you know, a somber time, but, you know, Trump’s always .
