President Trump Joins 60 Minutes After the Assassination Attempt at the White House Correspondents' Dinner
April 27, 2026 · The White House · 0:01:39
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What happened
President Trump sat for a 60 Minutes interview described by the White House as his first since the assassination attempt at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Trump said he read the attacker’s manifesto, in which, as Trump characterized it, the man said he was radicalized and was probably a pretty sick guy, and he noted the expression on the First Lady’s face, saying she looked very upset about what had just taken place.
Trump described the gunman firing, as he stated it, one or two rounds, and praised the responders’ speed as incredible — like a blur — saying that as soon as they saw it they drew their guns, aimed, and took the attacker down immediately. He said he listened to commands to drop down, was taken to a hold room, and tried to get them to continue the event if possible, confirming, as he stated it, that he wanted to go back in.
When the interviewer read a passage from the attacker’s writing calling him a pedophile, rapist, and traitor, Trump objected sharply, saying, as he stated it, that he is not a rapist and did not rape anybody, that he is not a pedophile, and that the program should not be reading that material on 60 Minutes. He added that he thinks the hate speech of the Democrats is very dangerous to the country, as he stated it, and said he hopes the dinner is held again even though he is very busy.
Why it matters
The interview is Trump’s own account of a second-term assassination attempt and his first extended response to it — pairing praise for his protective detail with a direct attack on the network for airing the gunman’s words and on Democratic rhetoric he blames for the climate around the attack.
Scoreboard watch
Flagged for the scoreboard editor: the interview concerns the assassination attempt at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner and Trump’s stated hope that the dinner be held again; flagged as a verdict-worthy event in the chronicle, with no verdict given here.
Sources: The White House, “President Trump joins 60 Minutes after the assassination attempt at the WH Correspondents’ Dinner.”, 2026-04-27 (official upload, embedded above; published 2026-04-27). Transcript via Supadata (private research store, paraphrased and attributed, not republished). All figures and characterizations as stated by the speakers.
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