Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said during a conversation with X owner Elon Musk on Monday night that surviving an assassination attempt last month increased his faith and belief in God.
Trump made the remarks during an X Space that millions of people tuned into as he reflected on the shooting one month ago in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Trump said the moment that he was hit that he knew that he was struck by a bullet in the ear and that was one of the reasons that he dropped to the ground so quickly.
He said that the fact that he turned his head at the exact moment where the would be assassin took the shot should make those who don’t believe in God reconsider their beliefs.
“I’m a believer,” Trump said. “Now, I’m more of a believer.”
PRESIDENT TRUMP:
“I knew immediately that it was a bullet. I knew immediately that it was at the ear… For those people that don’t…
