House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) met with former President Donald Trump for three hours in the immediate aftermath of an attempted assassination on Trump’s life on Sunday, and remarked on Trump’s resilience, saying, “He’s one of a kind.”
Johnson, whose wife, Kelly, joined him for the meeting, made his comments on Fox & Friends on Monday.
“He was in very good spirits, as you might expect,” Johnson told the hosts. “That’s who he is. He’s so resilient, and we were really grateful to see him.”
“There’s no leader in the history of America that has been so attacked and remained strong and so resilient,” Johnson declared. “He’s one of a kind. He is not going to stop fighting for the American people.”
“Kelly and I spoke with him at great length about that because it is something that no one can deny; God has spared his life twice now,” Johnson asserted. “I told him that it reminded me of the bulletproof George Washington, our first president, who evaded being shot when he was an army colonel, the famous incident in the French and American Indian War where they all took shots at him and bullet holes went through his jacket and it didn’t take him down. That event took place ironically less than 50 miles from where Trump was shot on the stage in Butler, Pennsylvania. These things aren’t accidents; it’s not luck; I believe it’s Providence and we talked about that.”
Johnson then spoke about the briefing he received from the Acting Director of the Secret Service while Johnson was meeting with Trump.
Am I Racist? Is In Theaters NOW — Get Your Tickets Here!
“What I understand happened is that those agents that were with him yesterday saw that barrel of that gun between the bushes on a golf course,” Johnson stated. “That’s a difficult thing to spot, but thankfully they did. But unlike in Butler, they did not pause; they immediately pulled their weapons and fired. I think that’s why this guy, the suspect, the shooter, threw the gun in the bushes and ran. Had they not been there, had they not acted so quickly and so decisively, we might be having a different conversation today.”
“President Trump needs the most coverage of anyone,” Johnson insisted. “He’s the most attacked; he’s the most threatened, even probably more than when he was in the Oval Office. So we are demanding in the House that he have every asset available and we will make more available if necessary. I don’t think it’s a funding issue; I think it’s a manpower allocation issue.”
Co-host Brian Kilmeade decried the necessity to have a college degree in order to serve in the Secret Service, noting that some Navy Seals as young as 31 could be available to serve.
Johnson noted that he put together a task force after the attempted assassination in Butler, Pennsylvania, that will put forth recommendations, saying, “Congress will act swiftly. We need accountability; we must demand that this job is being done. … It’s the leadership. We have no faith; I have no faith, have no faith in Secretary Mayorkas, Department of Homeland Security. He’s an abject failure; we impeached him in the House, as you know, but Chuck Schumer made it die in the Senate.”
President Trump has faced more attacks than any other leader in American history.
Yet he remains strong and resilient.
Getting answers to how President Trump has now faced multiple assassination attempts is a top priority. pic.twitter.com/Bc6p0DPs77
— Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) September 16, 2024
