By Agencies
US President Donald Trump on Saturday (Apr 26) addressed a press conference briefing following the shooting incident at White House Correspondents’ Dinner, where he called the shooter a “very sick person”.
Trump added that he wanted to “stay tonight”, adding that “he fought like hell to stay”. This comes after shots were fired at the media gala in Washington, where hundreds had gathered. Trump was rushed off stage and evacuated from the Hilton hotel ballroom as chaos unfolded at the venue.
“It was a little different evening than we thought, but we’re going to do it again,” Trump told reporters. He added that the event will be rescheduled within 30 days.
“We have to make it better. We’ll make it safer, I guess, right? But we’re going to make it even better,” he said.
“I don’t care how many people you have, how good they are – they can be the greatest people you have, the greatest security in history – if you have a whack job who’s got a brain but it’s a little bit distorted, or a lot distorted, they can make trouble,” Trump said.
When asked whether there were any prior threats or warnings, Trump denied saying, “We’ve had, no there was no notification. We had no idea.”
Trump also suggested his profession is “dangerous” as the president of the United States.
“I like not to think about it. I lead a pretty normal life, considering, you know, it’s a dangerous life. I think I handle it as well as it can be handled,” Trump said.
