| − | In first interview post-incident, "grateful, defiant Trump recounted surviving ‘surreal’ assassination attempt at rally: 'I'm supposed to be dead.'"<ref>[https://nypost.com/2024/07/14/us-news/grateful-defiant-trump-recounts-surreal-assassination-attempt-at-rally-im-supposed-to-be-dead/ Grateful, defiant Trump recounts surviving ‘surreal’ assassination attempt at rally: ‘I’m supposed to be dead’], ''The New York Post'', by Michael Goodwin, July 14, 2024</ref> | + | In the first interview post-incident, "grateful, defiant Trump recounted surviving ‘surreal’ assassination attempt at rally: 'I'm supposed to be dead.'"<ref>[https://nypost.com/2024/07/14/us-news/grateful-defiant-trump-recounts-surreal-assassination-attempt-at-rally-im-supposed-to-be-dead/ Grateful, defiant Trump recounts surviving ‘surreal’ assassination attempt at rally: ‘I’m supposed to be dead’], ''The New York Post'', by Michael Goodwin, July 14, 2024</ref> At his first rally Trump said, "I took a bullet for [[democracy]]".<ref>[https://youtu.be/U58ACp5Ke9s 'I Took A Bullet For Democracy': Trump Refutes 'Extremist' Accusations, Denounces Project 2025], Forbes Breaking News, Jul 21, 2024. YouTube</ref> |