A gunman's attack outside Saturday's White House Correspondents' Dinner left the president rattled only on the matter of logistics, not nerves, he said Sunday night on 60 Minutes. In an interview with CBS News' Norah O'Donnell, President Trump said he "wasn't worried" amid the chaos at the Washington hotel, where he and more than 2,500 guests—including top administration officials—had gathered. But afterward, he said he "really" tried to ensure the event carried on; ultimately, organizers decided to reschedule. "Norah, tell 'em to get it going, and we should do it within 30 days," Trump said in the interview. The suspect, a 31-year-old California teacher, allegedly emailed a manifesto to his family minutes before the incident, writing that "administration officials … are targets" and expressing anti-Trump and anti-Christian views, according to officials.
Trump also described resisting agents' efforts to rush him out—"I wanted to see what was going on"—before finally dropping to the floor with the first lady at the Secret Service's insistence. But things got tense when O'Donnell asked the POTUS about a manifesto line referring to a "pedophile, rapist, and traitor," Trump angrily objected to O'Donnell reading it on air, saying, "I'm not a rapist." O'Donnell followed up by asking Trump if he believed that line was a reference to him, leading Trump to answer, "Excuse me. I'm not a pedophile. You read that crap from some sick person?" He went on to tell O'Donnell she was a "disgrace" and "should be ashamed," but allowed the interview to carry on. Asked what he thinks can be done to stop violence like this from taking place, Trump said, "I do think that the hate speech of the Democrats much more so is—is very dangerous. I really think it's very dangerous for the country." See the full transcript here.
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