Former President Donald J. Trump claimed without evidence in an interview broadcast on Tuesday that President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris had denied him sufficient Secret Service protection and that they were therefore partly responsible for the assassination attempt against him last month.
“Our people were always fighting to get more security, more Secret Service, and he knew that we didn’t have enough,” Mr.
Trump said of Mr. Biden during an interview with the television host Phil McGraw, known as Dr. Phil. “I think to a certain extent it’s Biden’s fault and Harris’s fault. And I’m the opponent. Look, they were weaponizing government against me. They brought in the whole D.O.J. to try and get me. They weren’t too interested in my health and safety.”
The Secret Service has been under a cloud since July 13, when the gunman was able to fire, unimpeded, on Mr. Trump at an outdoor campaign rally in Butler, Pa. The attack grazed Mr. Trump’s ear, killed a spectator and seriously wounded two others. The F.B.I. is investigating, and congressional leaders have also opened inquiries. But there is no evidence that Mr. Biden or Ms. Harris knew about any deficiencies in Mr. Trump’s protection.
The former president’s remarks to Dr. Phil were similar to what Mr. Trump had written in a social media post in July, when he blamed Mr. Biden and Ms. Harris for the shooting and said they had failed to protect him.
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@GrumpyOilRepublican2yrs2Y
Call someone Hitler enough and someone's going to believe it. And, man, did you guys call him Hitler a lot.
I also saw many death wishes on him right here on X. It's on your team. Own it.
@CaucusSalamiDemocrat2yrs2Y
Shooter was a Republican. Trump uses Third Reich propaganda tactics. He attacks the 'lying press'. He attacks our institutions. He demonizes the other. He incites political violence. The shooter was crazy. But that doesn't mean an apt comparison made him crazy.
Not me, but the streets are saying this was staged by trump and associates and there’s info leaking cuz folks don’t want to follow in the other indicted associates’ footsteps.
@HumbleDotterelGreen2yrs2Y
trump’s secret service agents are likely too close to him. Enjoying the country club life. They should have been switched out every 6 months. Trump has no shame. He will say anything he thinks benefits his pockets.
@BlissfulMonkeyVeteran2yrs2Y
Somebody let that kid get on that roof and made sure he could get shots off.
Nothing in the "official" story sounds legitimate.
Dr Phil is a pathetic joke.
@SalamiJerryUnity2yrs2Y
That’s complete BS. Phil is not even a licensed doctor! He is joke and so is Trump. It’s more likely that that his scratch as stated, there are too many thinks that don’t add up but he got what he loves, a photo op.
@SenateSeatEverlyVeteran2yrs2Y
Dr. Phil: I'm not SAYING that they wanted you to get shot, I'm just IMPLYING that they wanted you to get shot with my question
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