Trump Says Slight Turn of Head Saved His Life During Assassination Attempt

A slight turn of his head meant the difference between life and death, former President Donald Trump said in a Monday interview that was published just 36 hours after he survived an assassination attempt at a rally in Pennsylvania.

“The most incredible thing was that I happened to not only turn but to turn at the exact right time and in just the right amount,” former President Trump told reporters Sunday while on his private jet as he flew to Milwaukee ahead of the Republican National Convention.

He added that if he only made a “half-turn” of his head, the bullet would “[hit] the back of the brain,” adding that “the other way goes right through [the skull].”

“And because the sign was high, I’m looking up. The chances of my making a perfect turn are probably one-tenth of one percent, so I’m not supposed to be here,” the former president said.

As the bullet was traveling at such a high speed near his head, he recalled, “I had to be at the exact right angle.” He added that the bullet “was an eighth of an inch away. That I would turn exactly at that second, where he [the gunman] wouldn’t stop the shot is pretty amazing. Pretty amazing. I’m really not supposed to be here.”

His former White House doctor, Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas), wrote on social media that he spoke with the former president over the weekend.

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