President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump were rushed out of the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner and attendees dropped to the floor after gunshots were heard inside the Washington Hilton hotel where the event was taking place on April 25.
“Everyone owes a tremendous debt of gratitude to the courage of law enforcement,” Trump told reporters during a news briefing, after the authorities evacuated him and other top officials to the White House.
The president said the suspect in the incident shot one Secret Service officer at close range, but he was saved by a bulletproof vest. Trump said he spoke to the officer, who was in “high spirits,” and told the man “we love him and respect him.”
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MAKE SURE A DEMOCRAT JUDGE DOESN’T LET HIM OUT …..
Woow that was a close one.. its dangerous to be next to trump in any situation.. I’ll stay away.. yall be good and careful out there
Marco was ducking and hiding under the table I’m suprise he was able to fit und that little table
Check out all the racist comments in the chat. The Demonrat’s assasination (sic) culture backfired, Libs of Tik Tok even more mentally insane now. Trump announced two days before that he was going to be there, takes 3-4 days to ride a train from CA to D.C., and you can’t just get a room at the Hilton.
AT 3:36:05, you could hear a gun shot, is that why the pretty asian sitting next to Trump opened her mouth wide in shock, then she smiled a little thinking what was that, then she became very shocked finally knowing something bad is happening, and after she removed her hand from her mouth, she makes a scared (but pretty) facial expression. I just think shes really pretty and a nice person and excellent reporter and correspondent. I’m very gald she, Trump and everyone is safe and the bad guy was quickly caught.
Look at the Epstien class
So Reid Hoffman, Laurene Jobs, Bill Gates, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, and Hakeem Jefferies? Ok, sure.
Is ir not weird the things happen on this night? “Osama killed, “attempted assassination”, I bet if I dig a little further I could find more on the night of this dinner(ritual) Anyhow just thinking on the net out loud.