Fox News senior White House correspondent Peter Doocy posed a direct question to President Donald Trump following the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday night. During a press conference at the White House shortly after the incident, Doocy cited a New York Post report indicating that the suspect, 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen, had assembled a "long" weapon at the Washington Hilton Hotel.
Doocy's Question and Trump's Response
"Why do you think this keeps happening to you?" Doocy asked the president, referring to the shooting. Trump replied, "Well, you know, I've studied assassinations and I must tell you the most impactful people, the people that do the most, you take a look at the people — Abraham Lincoln — I mean, you go through the people that have gone through this where they got 'em. But the people that do the most [and] the people that make the biggest impact are the ones that they go after."
History of Security Breaches
According to LiveNOW from FOX, the president has faced at least five major security breaches and assassination attempts since 2024. Trump continued, "They don't go after the ones that don't do much because they like it that way. And when you look at the people – whether it was an attempt or a successful attempt, they were very impactful people. Just take a look at the names here. The big names, and I hate to say I'm honored by that, but I've done a lot."
Trump's Explanation
The president went on to say that many people are "not happy" that his administration has "changed this country." He added, "We've done a lot. We have taken this country and we were a laughingstock for years and now we are the hottest country anywhere in the world. We've changed this country, and there are a lot of people that are not happy about that. So I think that's the answer, Peter."
