BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA: It’s been nearly a year since that jaw-dropping moment in Butler, Pennsylvania, when a would-be assassin took aim at then-candidate Donald Trump.
In an excerpt from the upcoming book ‘2024: How Trump Retook the White House and the Democrats Lost America,’ obtained by The Washington Post, Trump opened up about what really went on behind the scenes after the attempt on his life.
Donald Trump details hospital moments after assassination attempt in new book
Donald Trump had just taken the stage at a campaign rally on July 13 when 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks opened fire from the rooftop of a building roughly 100 yards away. Secret Service agents immediately tackled Trump to the ground and rushed him to the hospital.
“Trump was sitting up in bed, still wearing his suit. A bandage covered his ear. There was blood everywhere,” the book reveals.