Donald Trump: “I’m supposed to be dead”

Donald Trump, the former President of the United States, is clearly distraught after narrowly escaping an assassination attempt at a rally in Pennsylvania on July 13. He believes he should not be alive after being grazed in the ear by the bullet that was intended for him.

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In an interview with the New York Post, Trump recounts the terrifying moments just minutes into his speech, saying he shouldn't be alive.

“I should not be here, I'm supposed to be dead,” he said in the interview.

Trump explained how he narrowly escaped, turning his head to read a chart about illegal immigrants at the start of his speech. According to him, that's why the bullet missed.

In fact, the bullet only grazed his ear. He claimed that he should have died then, but that either by luck or divine intervention he was still alive: “By luck or by God, a lot of people say it's by God, I'm still here.”

According to the New York Post, Trump was quoted as saying that the doctor who treated him at the local hospital also described his survival as miraculous, adding that it was almost impossible to see anyone survive a head wound from an AR-15.