Dan Scavino shares a behind-the-scenes story from the hospital following the assassination attempt against Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Speaking at CPAC, Scavino recalls showing Trump photographs from the rally and says Trump immediately began asking how his team, family, and others were doing. After seeing an image taken by New York Times photographer Doug Mills, Scavino says Trump asked whether Mills was okay and told him to check on the photographer. Scavino also describes the flight out of Pennsylvania and Trump’s interactions with his team in the hours after the shooting.
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The speaker reflects on the resilience and character of the 47th U.S. President, focusing on his dedication to the \"America First\" movement and his selfless reaction following an assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania. The account emphasizes his strength, work ethic, and concern for others during a moment of extreme personal crisis.
And by the way, thank you for joining us and supporting us,
everybody out there, all great American patriots.
We appreciate each and every one of you.
We campaigned in a courthouse this past summer.
We were all over the place.
Literally, the campaign run out of the courthouse.
Not only the courthouse, but we would be running around the country,
barnstorming every country, every state, rather,
seeing all of you out there campaigning.
So much fake news out there, all of the leaks,
all the defamation, all the BS that went on out there.
He went out there, the indictments.
everything, the lawfare.
He went out there and as he raised his hand in Butler, Pennsylvania
during that assassination attempt and raised that fist and said, fight.
That's exactly what he does
behind the scenes every day.
He could be out at Mar-a-Lago every day, golfing in Palm Beach,
Florida, California, New York, New Jersey,
Philadelphia, but he'd rather choose to be
out there and fight for putting America first
and making America great again. His behind the
scenes moments in the assassination attempt in Butler,
Pennsylvania, in the hospital,
Just to show you his mindset
The guy just got shot in the damn head
Somebody attempted to assassinate him
He's in the hospital
And I show him that iconic picture of him raising fists
He goes, hey Dan, how's it playing?
Sir, the entire world is wondering what's going on right now
How's everybody doing?
How's the team doing?
And myself and Susie Wiles and Stephen Chung
and Walt Nauta were back with him
He cared about everybody else
He cared about his family
We're connecting him with Melania, Ivanka, Don Jr., Eric
He's speaking to them
How's it playing?
I showed him that iconic photo
Doug Mills took it from the New York Times, great photographer.
He stared at the picture, just stared at it.
And he said, how is Doug Mills doing?
Is Doug okay?
Call Doug and see if he's doing okay.
That's his thought process with everything going on.
He's just a fighter.
He's truly, I call him like America's greatest host
because he's a great man.
And everybody in the administration, the cabinet, and the people
that spend those moments with him behind the scenes will understand.
And they get what I'm saying.
He just loves America.
He loves people.
He's just a happy-go-lucky guy,
and the guy works his ass off from 5 in the morning till midnight.
The guy barely sleeps, and trust me,
I know from the phone calls and the messaging
and things that we would put out, social media and platforms.
But to be in the hospital with everything shot in the head,
and he's worried about everybody else.
A few hours later, we went wheels up.
I believe we went back to New Jersey that evening.
He was on the plane joking with all of us,
on the plane, to make us feel...
I mean, we were all, to this moment,
to this day, and none of us will ever forget it.
He cared about all of us on the plane,
trying to make us all feel better and lift us up.
And ladies and gentlemen,
that is your 47th President of the United States of America.