Donald Trump is alive today thanks to an immigration card that caught his attention when the shots rang out… so says the 45th president.
Trump made the claim to his former White House doctor: Ronnie Jacksonduring a phone call…hours after 20 year old Thomas Matthew Crooks shot him in the ear at a campaign rally in pennsylvania saturday, according to the New York Times.
Jackson, now a congressman from Texas, told the NYT that Trump believes his life was spared after he turned sideways to reference immigration statistics from the graph displayed on a screen while on stage in a field in Butler, PA was standing.
As Trump turned his head to the map, Crooks opened fire from the roof from a nearby building with an AR-15-style rifle, hitting him in the right ear instead of the head, Jackson recalled, asking the former prez. Trump, Jackson said, specifically credited the “Border Patrol” and the “Border Patrol Map” for saving his life.
TMZ.com
Jackson, whose cousin was injured in the assassination attempt, flew to New Jersey on Sunday to visit Trump at his private club in Bedminster. The congressman described Trump as determined to win the 2024 presidential election and not the least bit unnerved by his brush with death.
Three spectators were also shot at the rally, and one was killed while the two others were still recovering from their wounds.
Secret Service agents ended the violence by fatally shooting Crooks on the roof. The FBI is trying to determine his motive.