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‘Spared by God’: Trump allies reflect on assassination attempt in Butler one year later
One year after President Trump came within an inch of his life after a failed
assassination attempt in Butler, Pa., he is more determined than ever to “turn around the ship” — and believes divine intervention is allowing him to do it, his allies told The Post ahead of the July 13 anniversary.
“He told me directly that he believes he was spared by God for the purpose of restoring the nation to greatness, and that he believes deeply that he is protected now by the Lord,” Trump’s longtime political adviser Roger Stone told The Post.
“I also think he gained a sense of urgency, and he realizes he has four years to turn around the ship by closing our borders, deporting those harming [the] country and creating a boom economy.”
Trump’s former chief strategist Steve Bannon told The Post the assassination attempt had a lasting effect on the president — and that many in Trump’s inner circle now see his survival as an act of “divine providence.”
“There’s something very different about President Trump today post that assassination attempt,” Bannon said. “He understands that only by a bare fraction of an inch . . . he didn’t have his head blown off on national TV, global TV and that God saved him. And for somebody who’s not particularly outwardly religious, it’s had a very deep impact.”
The near-death experience gave Trump a renewed sense of “urgency” that’s shaped the rapid-fire pace of his second term — and mobilized his base, who believe he was “saved for greater things” and rallied to get him re-elected, Bannon said.
“It’s nonstop . . . whether it’s the
12-Day War [between Israel and Iran], Ukraine,
the Big, Beautiful Bill — he’s whipping the vote at 2:30 a.m.” he said. “It’s like a man possessed to make sure that he finishes his work in the time that he has remaining on this Earth.”
Trump, 79,
spoke about the shooting in an interview that aired Saturday night with daughter-in-law Lara Trump on Fox News Channel’s “My View.” He said the agents who protected him were skilled and capable, but the Secret Service had a “bad day.”
“Well, it was unforgettable,” Trump said. “I didn’t know exactly what was going on. I got whacked. There’s no question about that. And fortunately, I got down quickly.”
“They should have had somebody in the building [Crooks shot from],” he added. “They should have had communications with the local police . . . there were mistakes made . . . But I was satisfied in terms of the bigger plot.”
The president told Fox News Channel’s “The Will Cain Show” Friday he still occasionally feels a “throbbing” sensation in his right ear from being struck by a bullet during the assassination attempt.
One year after President Trump came within an inch of his life after a failed assassination attempt in Butler, PA, he is more determined than ever to “turn around the ship” — and …
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