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US President Donald Trump says he “wasn’t worried” while he was being evacuated from the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, after a gunman attempted to storm the ballroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I wasn’t worried. I understand life. We live in a crazy world,” Trump said during an interview with CBS News programme 60 Minutes, one day after the shooting at a Washington DC hotel on Saturday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
US media named Cole Tomas Allen, 31, as the suspect, who was arrested after police said he opened fire near a security checkpoint during the event. He is due to appear in court on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The FBI’s criminal investigation and terrorism task-force are investigating the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
US Attorney General Todd Blanche said the suspect was “likely” targeting senior White House officials in attendance based on “preliminary” findings, adding that the alleged gunman’s motive is still under investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trump was joined at the event on Saturday by high-ranking members of his government, including Vice-President JD Vance, Secretary of Health Robert F Kennedy Jr, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt and top aide Stephen Miller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After being rushed off the stage to safety, Trump later told reporters at a briefing on Saturday: “I can’t imagine that there’s any profession that’s more dangerous”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a statement on Sunday, the White House said Trump “stands fearless” after surviving, alongside cabinet members, “an assassination attempt when shots were fired”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The White House Correspondents’ Association president, Weijia Jiang, called the attack “harrowing”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Sunday, Jiang, who was sitting next to Trump at the dinner, thanked the Secret Service for actions which “protected thousands of guests”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Sunday, Trump told Fox News that the suspect “had a lot of hatred in his heart for a while”, and said his family knew he had “difficulties”. He added that the suspect had a “manifesto”, and suggested he was “strongly anti-Christian”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
US media are reporting a history of anti-Trump social media posts from 31-year-old Allen, citing law enforcement sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At about 20:35 local time (00:35 GMT) on Saturday gunshots rang out in the foyer of the Washington Hilton hotel, where the White House Correspondents’ dinner was taking place in the ballroom on a floor below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The president, First Lady Melania Trump and the vice-president were also rushed out of the room by security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Video of Secret Service agents rushing JD Vance from the event several moments before Trump was evacuated circulated across social media, with some viewers questioning the timing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In an interview with the news programme 60 Minutes on Sunday, Trump said he “wasn’t making it easy” for agents to evacuate him from the room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I wanted to see what was happening… I wanted to see what was going on. And by that time we started to realise, maybe it was a bad problem.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At one point, Trump said security asked him to take cover and “please go down on the floor”. He praised his detail as “great people”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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