Donald Trump has given his first media interview after being shot on Saturday. The former president spoke to 'The Washington Examiner' and shared that's he's rewritten the speech that he will deliver at this week's Republican National Convention in the aftermath of Saturday's assassination attempt at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Trump told reporter Salena Zito that he had originally planned to talk about President Joe Biden's policies in his speech, but he has now changed course.
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00:00Donald Trump has given his first media interview after being shot on Saturday.
00:04The former president spoke to The Washington Examiner and shared that he's
00:07rewritten the speech that he will deliver at this week's Republican
00:10National Convention in the aftermath of Saturday's assassination attempt at a
00:14rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Trump told reporter Selena Zito that he had
00:18originally planned to talk about President Joe Biden's policies in his
00:21speech, but he has now changed course. He said, in part, this is a chance to bring
00:26the whole country, even the whole world, together. The speech will be a lot
00:29different, a lot different, than it would have been two days ago. Trump was shot at
00:33Saturday's rally by Thomas Matthew Crooks when he looked to his right. In
00:36his interview, he noted that he nearly always faces the crowd head-on and rarely
00:39looks away, a move that he implied likely saved his life. He said, that reality is
00:44just setting in. Had I not done that in that moment, well, we would not be talking
00:48today, would we? Trump also was asked about the moment where he raised his
00:52hand in a fist and could be seen saying, fight, to the crowd. He said he wanted to
00:55reassure attendees that he was fine and that, quote, America goes on. He said,
01:10Trump flew to Wisconsin Sunday in advance of the convention. Also on Sunday,
01:14President Joe Biden addressed the country twice, calling for unity and
01:17condemning the shooting.
01:19I want to speak to you tonight about the need for us to lower the temperature in
01:22our politics and to remember, while we may disagree, we are not enemies. We're
01:28neighbors, we're friends, co-workers, citizens, and most importantly, we are
01:33fellow Americans. For more on this story and all the latest news, go to THR.com.
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