Amidst a second failed assassination attempt, former President Donald Trump says he fears for his family's safety.
In July, Trump narrowly survived after being shot in the ear during a Butler, Pennsylvania campaign rally. After the gunman, who was later identified as Thomas Matthew Crooks, was confirmed dead, Secret Service helped Trump to his feet. Trump then held his fist in the air as he was escorted offstage by Secret Service.
Last Sunday, Trump survived a second assassination attempt after a 58-year-old man identified as Ryan Wesley Routh hid for 12 hours with a rifle near the former president’s West Palm Beach, Florida golf course. Routh later pointed the weapon at Trump through a fence as the former president played a round of golf seemingly with the intent to harm Trump, though was apprehended by Secret Service.
Trump discussed his two assassination attempts in an interview with Fox News' Brian Kilmeade which premiered last night.
“I do. I do,” Trump said when asked if he worried about his family’s safety. “I don’t talk about it, but I do."
"I have to worry about family. I have to worry about everybody. I worry about you," he told Kilmeade.
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“Look, we’re under siege and no country has ever suffered like we have for the last three-and-a-half, almost four years,” Trump said. “When they allow millions of people to come into our country, from prisons, right? From prisons. And terrorists, and people from mental institutions, and they take over our parks. Look at New York – you can’t play Little League baseball anymore.”
Trump went on to say he believed his running mate, Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance, would receive similar treatment during his upcoming debate with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz that the former president received during his recent ABC News debate with Vice President Kamala Harris.
“He won’t get a fair shot. But he will handle it very good,” Trump said. “I think he’s done great. People are really liking him. He’s tough, smart, he loves our country. He’s going to have no trouble.”
Vance and Walz's debate will be hosted by CBS News moderators Margaret Brennan and Norah O’Donnell.
Last week, the former president said his resolve had been "hardened" after facing death twice in the past two months.
“It must have been God, thank you. Not once, but twice," he said. "These encounters with death have not broken my will. They have really given me a much bigger and stronger mission."
“They’ve only hardened my resolve to use my time on earth to make America great again for all Americans,” the former president continued. “To put America first. We’re gonna put America first.”
