Donald Trump, the former United States President and Republican candidate in the November 5 election, has claimed that only significant presidents get shot at.
Trump stated this as he resumed
campaigning Tuesday for the first time since a second apparent attempt on his
life
He also commended Kamala Harris
for making a phone call to check on him.
The former president spoke at a
town hall meeting with fervent supporters in Flint, a beleaguered industrial
city that was once a jewel of the US automotive industry in swing state Michigan,
before factories closed due to foreign competition.
The Republican drew a link
between what the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, called a foiled
assassination bid on him Sunday at his golf course in Florida and his pledge to
slap heavy tariffs on imports of cars from Mexico and China.
“And then you wonder why I got shot at, right?
You know, only consequential presidents get shot at,” Trump said.
While campaigning in another
swing state, Pennsylvania, Trump’s election rival Harris said Tuesday she had
reached out to the former president after the thwarted attack.
“I checked on him to see if he
was OK. And I told him what I have said publicly — there’s no place for
political violence in our country,” Harris said.
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