ATLANTA, Ga. — JD Vance revealed what Donald Trump told him over the phone just minutes after the ex-president became the target of a second assassination attempt on Sunday.
“He says, ‘JD, you’re not going to believe this, but they tried to do it again,’” Vance said Trump told him on a phone call 10 minutes after Secret Service agents spotted the barrel of an AK-47-style rifle peeking into the former president’s West Palm Beach golf course.
“I said, ‘No, you’re joshing me. But, what’s going on here sir?’” the VP contender said.
Trump then informed him that a gunman — identified as Ryan Wesley Routh — planned to take him out in the second attempt on his life in roughly three months.
“I was playing golf and the Secret Service found somebody who was trying to shoot me,” Vance said Trump told him.
“I said, ‘Oh my Lord sir, I’m so glad you’re okay,’” he recounted.
Vance said that the former president told him he was fine but was “pissed off” that he wasn’t permitted to finish his birdie putt.