GRINNING Donald Trump has gone back to the scene of the first assassination attempt and made a speech from behind a screen.
The former US President — hoping to retake the White House next month — yesterday returned to Butler, Pennsylvania, saying: “I’m fulfilling an obligation.
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“I said when I was shot, ‘We’re coming back’.”
Trump’s face was spattered with blood when a bullet grazed his ear and killed fan Corey Comperatore.
Crooks was shot dead.
Trump was expected to appear on stage alongside running mate JD Vance and billionaire supporter Elon Musk.
Also expected on stage is the family of Corey Comperatore, the rally-goer killed when 20-year-old gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks opened fire the on presidential candidate on July 13.
The man who allegedly staked out Trump on his golf course in Florida has been charged with attempting to assassinate him.
Suspect Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, was denied bail at a court hearing on Monday – hours after prosecutors cited a letter offering $150,000 to “finish the job” as evidence of why he should be kept locked up pending trial.
Routh had been initially charged with two federal firearms offences but the upgraded charges reflect the Justice Department’s assessment that he plotted to kill Trump.
They claim this is through Routh aiming a rifle through the shrubbery surrounding Trump’s West Palm Beach golf course on an afternoon the ex-president was playing on it.
In an interview with Dr. Phil, Trump placed some blame on President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, for the assassination attempt on his life.
Trump said he believes Biden did not “care about his health and safety,” despite the president reaching out and speaking to him moments after the July 13 incident.
The Republican presidential candidate described his relationship with Biden as having “a lot of hatred.”
When questioned by Dr. Phil on if he thought Biden and Harris cared if he was hurt, Trump responded, “I don’t know.”
“He always made it very tough for us to have the proper number of Secret Service people,” he said of President Biden.
“I have these massive rallies with 50-60,000 people or more… and our people were always fighting to get more security, more Secret Service, and [Biden] knew that we didn’t have enough.”
Donald Trump’s Full Statement Post-Rally Shooting in July
Former president Donald Trump provided an update on Truth Social after the shooting that took place at his Pennsylvania rally on July 13.
“I want to thank The United States Secret Service, and all of Law Enforcement, for their rapid response on the shooting that just took place in Butler, Pennsylvania.
“Most importantly, I want to extend my condolences to the family of the person at the Rally who was killed, and also to the family of another person that was badly injured.
“It is incredible that such an act can take place in our Country.
“Nothing is known at this time about the shooter, who is now dead. I was shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part of my right ear.
“I knew immediately that something was wrong in that I heard a whizzing sound, shots, and immediately felt the bullet ripping through the skin.
“Much bleeding took place, so I realized then what was happening. GOD BLESS AMERICA!”