(RightIsRight.co) – One day after surviving a second assassination attempt within two months, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said that “perhaps it’s God” who is clearing the path for him.
“There’s something going on, perhaps it’s God wanting me to be president to save this country,” Trump said during a Monday night X Space. “Nobody knows.”
Trump also reflected on the first assassination attempt, explaining, “When I made the right turn, it’s very unusual because the people weren’t on the right, the people who were standing out in front of me.”
He added, “When I turned my head at an exact 90 degree angle, the bullet came zooming by and clipped my ear.”
“And then yesterday, you had another one [assassination attempt] with a different result, actually, a much better result because we lost Corey [Comperatore],” Trump continued, noting that two other attendees, David Dutch and James Copenhaver, were severely injured.
On July 13, Trump survived the first attempt when Thomas Matthew Crooks fired shots during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Two months later, on September 15, Trump faced a second attempt when suspect Ryan Wesley Routh was found hiding in bushes near Trump International Golf Course, waiting for Trump to come into view.
According to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, Routh had a rifle with a scope, backpacks, and a GoPro.
Moreover, Secret Service agents, who typically secure the area ahead of Trump while he is golfing, encountered Routh before he could fire any shots.
“A Secret Service agent had seen a barrel of an AK-47,” Trump explained. “He started shooting at the barrel. He started shooting in the bushes. He could only see the barrel — based on that, he started shooting.”
“Those were the shots we heard. The other one [Routh] never got a shot off,” Trump continued. “And [Routh] ran across the street and hopped into his truck or car.”
Trump also mentioned that a woman who witnessed the incident followed Routh and took photos of his license plate, which she later gave to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office.
In addition, Trump stated that it was amazing how a civilian in that area saw something that looked very suspicious, drove their car to the back of his truck, took pictures of the license plate, and later gave them to the sheriff’s office.
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