At the Republican National Convention, during his nomination acceptance speech, former President Donald Trump recounted the assassination attempt on his life. Trump described the event in vivid detail, attributing his survival to divine protection, the swift actions of his Secret Service agents, and the bravery of the crowd.

Trump began by addressing the incident directly. "As you already know, the assassin's bullet came within a quarter of an inch of taking my life. So many people have asked me what happened. Tell us what happened, please. And therefore I will tell you exactly what happened, and you'll never hear it from me a second time, because it's actually too painful to tell," Trump stated.

For the first and last time, Donald Trump shares the emotional story of the assassination attempt on his life.

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He recounted the setting, "It was a warm, beautiful day in the early evening in Butler township in the great Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, music was loudly playing, and the campaign was doing really well. I went to the stage, and the crowd was cheering wildly. Everybody was happy. I began speaking very strongly, powerfully and happily, because I was discussing the great job my administration did on immigration at the southern border, we were very proud of it."

The atmosphere shifted dramatically when the attempt on his life occurred. "Behind me and to the right was a large screen that was displaying a chart of border crossings under my leadership, the numbers were absolutely amazing. In order to see the chart, I started to like this turn to my right and was ready to begin a little bit further turn, which I'm very lucky I didn't do when I heard a loud whizzing sound and felt something hit me really, really hard on my right ear. I said to myself, Wow, what was that? It can only be a bullet," Trump explained.

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He continued, "I moved my right hand to my ear, brought it down. My hand was covered with blood, just absolutely blood, all over the place. I immediately knew it was very serious that we were under attack, and in one movement, proceeded to drop to the ground. Bullets were continuing to fly as very brave Secret Service agents rushed to the stage. And they really did. They rushed to the stage."

Trump praised the Secret Service for their bravery, saying, "These are great people at great risk, I will tell you, and pounced on top of me so that I would be protected. There was blood pouring everywhere, and yet, in a certain way, I felt very safe because I had God on my side."

He emphasized the miraculous nature of his survival. "The amazing thing is that prior to the shot, if I had not moved my head at that very last instant, the assassin's bullet would have perfectly hit its mark, and I would not be here tonight. We would not be together," Trump noted.

Trump also commended the crowd's remarkable composure. "This massive crowd of tens of thousands of people stood by and didn't move an inch. In fact, many of them bravely but automatically stood up looking for where the sniper would be. They knew immediately it was a sniper, and then began pointing at him," he said. "Nobody ran, and by not stampeding, many lives were saved."

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Trump highlighted the Secret Service's heroic actions. "Bullets were flying over us, yet I felt serene. But now the Secret Service agents were putting themselves in peril. They were in very dangerous territory. Bullets were flying right over them, missing them by a very small amount of inches, and then it all stopped. Our Secret Service sniper from a much greater distance and with only one bullet used, took the assassin's life, took him out," Trump recounted.

Reflecting on the event, Trump expressed his gratitude, "I'm not supposed to be here tonight. Not supposed to be here, thank you, but I'm not, and I'll tell you, I stand before you in this arena only by the grace of Almighty God."

He concluded with a powerful moment of resilience. "I wanted to do something to let them know I was okay. I raised my right arm, looked at the thousands and thousands of people that were breathlessly waiting and started shouting, fight, fight, fight. Once my clenched fist went up, and it was high into the air. You've all seen that the crowd realized I was okay and roared with pride for our country like no crowd I have ever heard before. Never heard anything like it."

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