Trump Explains Why He Said “Let Me Get My Shoes” After Being Shot

After President Trump was shot in the ear during his rally on Saturday, his response was not what most people’s would have been.

“Let me get my shoes,” he could be heard saying right after Secret Service rushed at him — just moments after a bullet struck his ear, narrowly missing his head.

Trump is so funny. He keeps saying, "Let me get my shoes." He won't let them take him out of there shoeless like Hillary Clinton on 9/11 – what a bad ass! pic.twitter.com/g6PV6DJIVr

— JⲀ𝓷𝑜η (@TootslilFighter) July 14, 2024

He almost died, yet President Trump took it in stride, asking for his shoes, then giving one of the most powerful fist bumps in history and shouting “Fight!”

Now, Trump has explained why he asked for his shoes after the attack.

“The agents hit me so hard that my shoes fell off, and my shoes are tight,” Trump said.

“I just wanted to keep speaking, but I just got shot,” he added.

What a champion.

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Trump says he was hit so hard by Secret Service who rushed to protect him, that his shoes fell off.

The former president said he wanted to keep… pic.twitter.com/BDo4C1DdOI

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) July 15, 2024

Trump revealed the reason why he asked to get his shoes during an interview with The New York Post.

Here’s an excerpt from that interview:

A grateful and at times defiant Donald Trump told The Post Sunday he’s “supposed to be dead” as he recalled the harrowing moment a would-be assassin shot at him at a Pennsylvania campaign rally.

The former president shared the “very surreal experience” that nearly ended his life during an interview aboard his private plane en route to Milwaukee for the GOP National Convention.

“The doctor at the hospital said he never saw anything like this, he called it a miracle,” said Trump, who was sporting a large, loose white bandage that covered his right ear. His staff insisted that no photos be taken.

“I’m not supposed to be here, I’m supposed to be dead,” Trump said. “I’m supposed to be dead.”

He said he would be if he had not turned his head slightly to the right to read a chart on illegal immigrants. At that instant, what would have been a kill shot tore off a small piece of his ear and splattered blood on his forehead and cheek.

Trump said that as Secret Service agents led him off stage, he still wanted to continue speaking to supporters, but the agents told him it wasn’t safe and they had to get him to a hospital.

He marveled at how the agents came flying in like “linebackers” as soon as the shooting started, and he unbuttoned his long-sleeve white shirt to show a large bruise on his right forearm.

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Trump said that as Secret Service agents led him off stage, he still wanted to continue speaking to supporters, but the agents told him it wasn’t safe and they had to get him to a hospital.

He marveled at how the agents came flying in like “linebackers” as soon as the shooting started, and he unbuttoned his long-sleeve white shirt to show a large bruise on his right forearm.

He also cleared up a mystery about his shoes. On the video of the shooting and aftermath, as the burly agents tried to rush him off the stage for safety, he can be heard saying, “Wait, I want to get my shoes.”

As he explained in the interview, “The agents hit me so hard that my shoes fell off, and my shoes are tight,” he said with a smile.

He commended the Secret Service personnel for their heroic actions and praised them for gunning down the shooter, who was perched on a roof about 130 yards from the stage where Trump was speaking.