Trump says would-be assassin's bullet felt like the 'world's largest mosquito' in leaked call with RFK Jr.
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s son posted a video of a call between Trump and the independent candidate.
- The two discussed vaccines and the assassination attempt on Trump.
In a leaked call between Donald Trump and independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the former president offered further description of what it was like to survive an assassination attempt.
"Something wracked me," Trump said, according to the video. "It felt like a giant — like the world's largest mosquito."
The video of the call was first posted on X by Kennedy's son, Bobby Kennedy III, who later took the original post down. Kennedy apologized for the leak, saying he was "mortified" that the video was posted.
Trump also said that President Joe Biden was "very nice actually" when he called the former president after the assassination attempt, which took place at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on Saturday. The motive of the shooter remains unknown.
The bulk of the clip includes Trump appearing to sympathize with Kennedy's crusade against vaccines.
"When you feed a baby, Bobby, a vaccination that is like 38 different vaccines, and it looks like it's meant for a horse, not a 10 pound or 20 pound baby, it looks like you're giving — you should be giving a horse this," Trump can be heard saying. "And then you see the baby all of a sudden starting to change radically. I've seen it too many times."
Kennedy was granted Secret Service protection on Monday amid heightened concerns about political violence.