Donald Trump shared what his son Barron was doing when he was told the horrific news that his father had been shot in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Trump told Fox News' Laura Ingraham - who joined Trump in Butler last weekend for a triumphant return there - that his youngest child was playing tennis when he heard about the attempt on his father's life.
Trump made a heroic return to Butler last weekend, where he spoke behind bulletproof glass and held a moment of silence for Corey Comperatore, the brave firefighter who died shielding his family during the July 13 shooting.
A bullet whizzed Trump in the ear, leaving him bloodied. As Trump recalled to Ingraham, his supporters didn't know if he was alive or dead until he got up and raised his fist in an iconic moment.
"I convinced them I thought I was only hit in the ear," he said, referring to Secret Service. "It's very interesting," he recalled. "But they got me up and I watched and it was dead silent, even though I was standing up and in vision because people didn't know I was alive or not, and then when I did the fist pump, everybody realized and they're screaming, ‘USA, USA.’ It was the craziest day. It was a crazy time."
His son, Barron, saw his father's triumphant fist pump while watching at home with his mother, Melania.
"Barron was playing tennis with his friends, and somebody walked over and — ran over — and said, ‘Your father’s been shot. He’s been shot,’” Trump said.
“Barron — and Barron really likes his father a lot,” Trump continued. “And he came in, ‘Mom, Mom, Mom, what happened?’ So, and then they saw me get up, and then they saw the fist pump,” he said.
Trump survived a second attempt at his West Palm Beach golf course last month. The gunman, Ryan Routh, was taken alive without firing a shot.
Barron is attending his freshman year at New York University's Stern School of Business, where he has been under a close watch from Secret Service agents.
The assassination attempt in Butler has rattled public confidence in Secret Service, while leaving Trump and his family concerned for their personal safety.
In an interview with Fox News' Maria Bartiromo, Melania Trump commended her husband's "great team" but speculated that "something is going on at the top."
“It’s hard to say that you trust, right?"
