Trump Cracks Wise About Attempts on His Life at Dinner for $TRUMP Memecoin Investors

After a sudden pop from what appears to have been a balloon bursting in the audience at his Virginia golf club, the president made light of an assassination attempt

President Donald Trump cracked wise about attempts on his life at a dinner for $TRUMP memecoin investors.

After a sudden pop from what appears to have been a balloon bursting in the audience at his Virginia golf club had the president exclaiming “My ear!” and rolling his eyes in reference to the rifle shot that grazed him, Trump went on to make light of an assassination attempt at a July 2024 rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

“That was amazing, very strange noise. That brings back some not-such-good memories,” the president remarked, according to newly emerged footage of the event obtained by Mediaite and widely shared online on Friday.

Newly emerged footage of the event obtained by Mediaite has circulated online. The gag prompted peals of laughter from the crowd, which began to chant “fight! fight! fight!” as Trump had done while being escorted offstage after the incident last year.

My ear ! ” President Trump rolls his eyes as a balloon appears to burst in the audience during his speech at his Virginia golf club had one reporter covering the scene say that the president was “visibly rolling his eyes and went ‘My ear ! ”

The gag by Trump, whose ad-lib recalled a similar joke made by former President Ronald Reagan in 1987, when the late president quipped, “missed me,” after a balloon similarly popped halfway through one of his speeches at an event in West Berlin.

Reagan had also suffered an attempt on his life six years prior, when in 1981 he was shot in the lung outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by would-be assassin John Hinckley Jr.

Trump’s gala dinner for memecoin investors, which was closed to both the public and the press, took place on Thursday night amid widespread and mountingoutcry over the crypto-venture, which critics from both sides of the political divide have slammed as a barefaced illicit enrichment scheme.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt defended the event by insisting that the president was attending the dinner during his “personal time” rather than in his capacity as head of state.

Attendees have since said that they were less than impressed by both the quality of service and the president’s apparent unwillingness to engage with the majority of his guests, who are reported to have paid an average of $1.7 million a seat to attend.

“The food sucked. Wasn’t given any drinks other than water or Trump’s wine. Couldn’t get any service at all. Got a small pastry at the end for dessert. Slept through dinner and went to bed early. Oh and chatted with 220 guests for about 30 mins. I’d say great night 👍. Would recommend. A+ tier hangout.

But in all seriousness if you’re reading this and you're thinking of going to hangout w/president trump at his golf club for a few hrs for 1.7mil … don't. Slept through dinner and went to bed early. Oh and chatted with 220 guests for about 30 mins. I’d say great night 👍. Would recommend. A+ tier hangout.

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