Trump reveals new details about the first assassination attempt in an exclusive interview: “It was the craziest day”

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President Trump revealed new details about his first assassination attempt at his second rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, including how his son Barron learned of the attack in an exclusive interview with Fox News' Laura Ingraham.

“Barron was playing tennis with his friends and someone came over and said, 'Your dad got shot. He got shot,'” Trump told The Ingraham Angle. “Barron really likes his dad… and he came in and said, 'Mom, mom, mom, what happened?'”

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“Then they saw me stand up and then they saw the punch … it's very interesting,” he continued. “When I got up, people thought maybe he was dead.”

Trump gathered tens of thousands of supporters at the same spot in Butler where he was shot in the ear by gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks on July 13.

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump hugs Elon Musk at a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

During the first assassination attempt, Trump was escorted off the stage by the Secret Service and taken to a local hospital, where he said it was closed upon his arrival.

“The hospital was great, and I didn't realize this – when a president goes into an area, the hospital is completely shut down, it's prepared for just that,” he said. “I didn't know. When I got there there were doctors and nurses outside and no people. They literally shut it down, almost as if they expected this.”

“It’s… brilliant, but who would have ever thought that? And I was so impressed,” he continued.

After Trump was shot in the ear and Secret Service agents surrounded him and knocked him to the ground under the gunfire, he quickly stood up as they escorted him off the stage, held his fist in the air and mouthed the words “Fight, fight, battle.

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“I convinced them that I thought I had only been hit in the ear. “It’s very interesting,” he recalled. “But they pulled me up and I watched and it was dead quiet even though I was up and in sight because people didn't know I was alive or not and then when I did the fist pump everyone realized it and they” I scream, “USA, USA.” It was the craziest day.

Trump also held a moment of silence for Corey Comperatore at 6:11 p.m., the exact time Crooks began shooting at the former president on July 13. Comperatore, a rally attendee, father, husband and firefighter, was fatally injured while protecting his family.

At the beginning of his speech in Butler, Trump confirmed Comperatore's death and thanked his relatives – including his widow and her daughters – for coming out.

Elon Musk also made a grand appearance, giving a speech urging his followers to vote as the election approaches.

“Just be a nuisance to everyone,” he told the audience. “You know, people on the streets everywhere: Vote, vote, vote!”

“Fight, fight, fight, vote, vote, vote,” Musk added. At some point the X owner jumped excitedly.

Fox News' Andrea Margolis contributed to this report.