<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump-jr" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump Jr.</a>, son of former president Donald Trump, recounted the moment he learned of the failed assassination attempt against his father, the minutes of confusion, and finally speaking with the former president afterward.
Trump Jr. spoke with Daily Wire host Michael Knowles on the sidelines of the Republican National Convention in an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/michael-donald-trump-jr" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> released on Tuesday. Trump Jr. began by telling Knowles that he had originally meant to attend the Pennsylvania rally at which his father was shot, but changed plans after finding out that the announcement of the vice presidential pick, originally scheduled to happen at the rally, was postponed.
Instead, Trump Jr. was fishing with his daughter when he first received a call informing him that his father had been shot.
“I took my daughter out on the boat with a couple of her friends, and I got a call, you know, at 6:15 or whatever it was. ‘You’re dad’s been shot,’” Trump Jr. said. He added that at the time, he was told nothing else and left to wonder about his father’s condition.
“Obviously, I immediately get on the phone. I try to call – I guess, at that point they’re not sure what the attack is, so they lock down all the cell phones and they jam – whatever it may be – and I couldn’t get through to anyone. And, so, [it was] literally 90 minutes before I even make contact,” Trump Jr. said.
When Trump Jr. was eventually able to reach his father, the former president was at the hospital receiving treatment after the assassin’s bullet gored his ear.
“Finally, you know, I got ahold of my father and [he was] surprisingly calm in the hospital,” Trump Jr. said. “By then, I&#8217;d already seen the video and, sort of him coming up, you know, defiant in the face of actual fire. It was sort of amazing.”
“I just sort of said, you know, ‘You&#8217;re the biggest badass I know,’” Trump Jr. said, adding that it was “the most proud I&#8217;d ever been of him.”
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Knowles and Trump Jr. then talked about how narrowly the former president avoided death. Trump had slightly changed the position of his head to look off-stage a second before the shot ripped by his ear.
“I come from a competitive shooting background. I mean, you know, a 140 yard shot – that&#8217;s like a six inch putt, right?” Trump Jr. said. “That&#8217;s almost impossible to miss. And so to be able to move that way and at that exact instant, you know, literally the speed of a bullet. It’s just insane.&#8221;
The best explanation for his father’s survival is “divine intervention,” Trump Jr. said.
“I&#8217;m not, you know, not a hyper spiritual guy. But, man, that makes you wonder,” he said.
The former president’s son shared a moment of levity that took place while he was on the phone with his father along with many other members of the Trump family. Trump Jr., “usually the inappropriate guy” by his own admission, broke the tension.
“I was like, ‘So, you know, how&#8217;s the hair?’” Trump Jr. asked his father.
“The hair’s fine, but it&#8217;s a little bloody,” Trump responded.

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