Leaked Video Shows Former President Trump Describing Assassination Attempt as ‘World’s Largest Mosquito’

The bullet that grazed Robert Kennedy Jr‘s ear felt like the “world’s largest mosquito” to the former president, he appears to be telling Kennedy in a leaked video.

In the video, widely circulating on social media sites, Kennedy, an independent candidate for president in the 2024 U.S. presidential election, holds up a phone with Trump’s voice coming from the speaker, describing the incident.

“I just turned my head to show the chart and something rapped me. It felt like a giant… it felt like the world’s largest mosquito,” the Republican nominee can be heard telling Kennedy.

“It was a bullet going around,” he continues, “What did they call that? AR-15 or something? That was a big gun. Those are pretty tough guns.”

Two days after surviving an attempted assassination, Trump spoke at the Republican National Convention’s opening night with a bandage over his right ear. GOP delegates cheered wildly as Trump appeared onscreen backstage and then emerged in the arena, visibly emotional, as musician Lee Greenwood sang “God Bless the USA.”

President Joe Biden on Sunday condemned the attempted assassination of his predecessor as “contrary to everything we stand for as a nation” and expressed his disbelief on how such an attack could have happened. This incident took place in Pennsylvania, Saturday evening, at a dramatic event where the former president was huddled underneath the podium while his protective detail surrounded him.

When Trump called Kennedy, the latter was taping with an in-house videographer, leading to the unintended dissemination of the conversation online. Apologies were swiftly issued by Kennedy for the unintended release of the video.

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