Trump doesn’t ‘think about’ another assassination attempt
U.S. President Donald Trump holds an executive order signing in the Oval Office of the White House on April 30, 2026 in Washington, DC.
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President Donald Trump on Thursday said he does not worry about another attempt on his life on the heels of what prosecutors say was a third assassination effort against him by a gunman at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on April 24.
“I don’t think about it,” Trump told a reporter when asked at the White House if he was concerned about another assassination attempt.
“If I did, I wouldn’t be he,” the president said.
Trump also said he was not inclined to wear a bulletproof vest, as some people have suggested.
“i don’t know if i can handle being 20 pounds heavier,” he quipped to laughs from administration officials and lawmakers who were in the Oval Office for his signing of an executive order to create a new type of retirement account for workers who do not have access to a 401(k) or another tax-advantaged workplace investment plan.
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