President Donald Trump said an assassination attempt on his life drew him closer to God and that he believes people need faith to find true happiness.
Trump made his remarks at the 73rd annual National Prayer Breakfast Feb. 6, referring to the July 13, 2024, campaign event in Butler, Pennsylvania, during which he was hit in the ear by a bullet.
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Two spectators were also injured during the shooting, and Corey Comperatore, a dad, husband and volunteer firefighter, was tragically killed.
“None of us knows exactly when our time on earth will be over,” Trump told those gathered at the prayer breakfast. “You never know—a truth I confronted a few short months ago when there was an incident that … was not fun.”
The president has frequently said he believes the Lord saved him that day.
He repeated this Thursday, explaining how people have told him it’s practically impossible he survived—an unlikely arc of events that happened when he turned his head slightly toward an immigration chart he was referencing during the campaign event.
“God was watching me,” Trump said, quipping, “immigration saved my life.”
“It changed something in me,” he said. “I feel even stronger. I believed in God, but I feel much more strongly about it. Something happened.”
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