Trump, his wife Melania and other officials were taken to shelters while other guests hid under tables as gunshots rang through the building.
Trump was asked by the host how he felt when the gunshots started ringing out. “I wasn’t worried,” the president said. “I understand life. We live in a crazy world,” Trump said among other things in the interview but this is the third time that someone has tried to depose the president.
He was also asked how this had gone because it was noted that Vice President JD Vance had left the stage considerably earlier than Trump. Trump said he realized he wasn’t making life easy for his bodyguards, but he wanted to see what was going on before he left the stage.
Western media have published excerpts from a statement that the attacker, 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen, sent to friends and relatives ten minutes before he committed suicide. There he confessed to being scared but said he could not stand by while a rapist and child abuser sat in the White House. Was he referring to Trump? The president was asked about these comments during the 60 Minutes interview and he reacted angrily, responding to the reporter Noruh O’Donnell in such a way that she should be ashamed to read these words.
King Charles III and Queen Camilla are expected to pay an official visit to the United States today. Their schedule is said to have been reviewed after the weekend’s events. It is hoped that the visit will strengthen relations between Britain and the United States, which have been under strain since the British government refused to join the US-Israeli crackdown on Iran after it began.
