Trump Reflects on Surviving Pennsylvania Rally Shooting 1 Year On: ‘God Alone Saved Me’

President Donald Trump said the one-year mark serves as a reminder that the American spirit has and always will ‘triumph over forces of evil and destruction.’
Trump Reflects on Surviving Pennsylvania Rally Shooting 1 Year On: ‘God Alone Saved Me’
Then-presidential candidate Donald Trump with blood on his face surrounded by secret service agents at Butler Farm Show Inc. in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, 2024. Rebecca Droke/AFP via Getty Images
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President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he believes divine intervention spared his life “for a righteous purpose” during the July 2024 assassination attempt at his campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, as the nation marked one year after the harrowing attack.

Reflecting on the shooting, Trump recalled that just eight minutes after taking the stage on the grounds of Butler Farms, a bullet “came within a quarter inch” of taking his life. One of the bullets grazed his right ear before Secret Service agents rushed him to safety.