Latest / Fresh Intelligence / 'I Was Horrified': Ivanka Trump Breaks Down in Tears Recalling Watching Her Father Donald Being Shot 'in Real Time' During Assassination Attempt
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- 0:18[SPEAKER_00]: Ivanka Trump recounted the trauma of witnessing a failed assassination attempt on her father, Donald Trump, during a July 2024 campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
- 0:27[SPEAKER_00]: Speaking on Stephen Bartlett's podcast, Diary of a CEO, she described the chaos as she watched the events unfold on television while a Trump national golf club bedmaster.
- 0:37[SPEAKER_00]: I was in bed minister, New Jersey, and there was a lot of commotion.
- 0:41[SPEAKER_00]: So I saw it almost immediately, Ivanka explained, clarifying that she was not in her own home but near the club's bistro.
- 0:48[SPEAKER_00]: Watching the rally from the pool area, she recalled her initial instinct to shield her two children from the chilling footage.
- 0:54[SPEAKER_00]: It was incredibly difficult she admitted, near tears.
- 0:57[SPEAKER_00]: Despite the horror of the moment, Ivanka expressed a sense of reassurance, saying, interestingly,
- 1:06[SPEAKER_00]: Like, I just knew that it wasn't his time.
- 1:09[SPEAKER_00]: She felt a mix of fear and relief.
- 1:11[SPEAKER_00]: Thankful that the worst outcome had not occurred.
- 1:14[SPEAKER_00]: After the incident, she was able to reunite with Donald, who had been treated for an ear wound from a bullet fired by would-be assassin Thomas Crooks, eventually neutralized by a secret service counter-styper.
- 1:24[SPEAKER_00]: I just feel incredibly lucky that he was protected on that day, Ivanka recalled.
- 1:29[SPEAKER_00]: She also reflected on her personal losses, including the death of her mother, Ivana Trump, and her husband Jared Kushner's battle with cancer.
- 1:36[SPEAKER_00]: You just can't take anything for granted, she stated.
- 1:40[SPEAKER_00]: We were so fortunate that day that this was a failed attempt to take his life, not a realized one.
- 1:45[SPEAKER_00]: You have to value it.
- 1:46[SPEAKER_00]: Ivanka concluded that the assassination attempt reaffirmed her commitment to love and connection in the face of life's unpredictability.
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