{"id":85061,"date":"2026-04-27T14:37:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T14:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/donald-trump-explains-delayed-whcd-evacuation-amid-shooting\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T14:37:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T14:37:32","slug":"donald-trump-explains-delayed-whcd-evacuation-amid-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/donald-trump-explains-delayed-whcd-evacuation-amid-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump Explains Delayed WHCD Evacuation Amid Shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>President <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> recalled his experience during the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner shooting on Saturday, April 25.<\/p>\n<p>The president said in an interview on the Sunday, April 26, episode of <em>60 Minutes<\/em> that he \u201cwanted to see what was happening,\u201d which led to Secret Service agents taking longer to usher him out of the Washington Hilton ballroom in Washington, D.C., than Vice President <strong>JD Vance<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happened is it was a little bit me,\u201d Trump, 79, explained to CBS News\u2019 <strong>Norah O\u2019Donnell<\/strong>. \u201cI wanted to see what was happening, and I wasn\u2019t making it that easy for [the shooter]. I wanted to see what was going on. And by that time, we started to realize maybe it was a bad problem, different kind of a problem, bad one, and different than what would be normal noise from a ballroom, which you hear all the time. I was surrounded by great people, and I probably made them act a little bit more slowly. I said, \u2018Wait a minute. Let me see.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Amid the commotion, Trump said he started to leave the ballroom by walking out but was advised by Secret Service to get down to the ground.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/whcd-shooter.jpg?w=400&amp;h=225&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"whcd-shooter.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/whcd-shooter.jpg?quality=78&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n<p>    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">New Details Revealed About Alleged White House Correspondents&#8217; Dinner Shooter<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tNew details have been revealed about the alleged shooter who authorities believe targeted President Donald Trump and members of his administration at this year\u2019s White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner. A 31-year-old California man identified as Cole Tomas Allen was apprehended outside the ballroom at the Washington Hilton on Saturday, April 25, shortly after shots were fired [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI started walking with them. They said, \u2018Please go down on the floor,\u2019 so I went down, and the first lady went down also,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump praised his wife, <strong>Melania Trump<\/strong>, for how she handled the situation, noting that, unlike him, she has not been involved in an active shooter situation before.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy thought was, \u2018I\u2019ve been through this before a couple of times.\u2019 She has not to this extent. She handled it great. She\u2019s very strong, smart. She got it,\u201d he said. \u201cShe listened. When they said, \u2018Drop down,\u2019 that meant trouble.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A 31-year-old California man, <strong>Cole Tomas Allen<\/strong>, was arrested in connection with the shooting on Saturday. He is expected to be arraigned on Monday, April 27.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2271842335-erika-kirk-reportedly-seen-crying-at-white-house-correspodents-dinner-e1777169853249.jpg?w=400&amp;h=225&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"GettyImages-2271842335 erika kirk reportedly seen crying at white house correspodents dinner\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2271842335-erika-kirk-reportedly-seen-crying-at-white-house-correspodents-dinner-e1777169853249.jpg?quality=86&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n<p>    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Erika Kirk Seen Crying Amid Shooting at White House Correspondents&#8217; Dinner<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tErika Kirk was in attendance as shots broke out at the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner. CNN reported that Kirk, 37, was seen crying as the chaos unfolded at the Washington Hilton in Washington D.C. on Saturday, April 25. CNN\u2019s Sara Sidner said on air that she personally witnessed Kirk leaving the main ballroom, telling aides, [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Following Saturday\u2019s derailed event, Trump told reporters he was \u201chonored\u201d to be targeted by the suspected gunman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you look at our great presidents, [this] doesn\u2019t happen to people who don\u2019t do anything,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe man has been captured, and they\u2019re going to his apartment. I guess he lives in California, and he\u2019s a very sick person, a very sick person,\u201d Trump added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was totally shocked when something like this happens,\u201d Trump said on Saturday night. \u201cIt happened to me a little bit, and that never changes. The fact, we were sitting right next to each other, first lady on my right, and I heard a noise \u2026 I thought it was a tray going down, and it was a pretty loud noise, and it was from quite far away. [The suspect] hadn\u2019t reached the area at all. He really got him \u2026 but it was a gun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome people really understood that very quickly, other people didn\u2019t \u2026 I was watching what happened,\u201d he continued. \u201cMelania was very cognizant of what happened; I think she knew immediately what happened. She was saying, \u2018That\u2019s a bad noise.\u2019 And we were whisked away. It was very quick \u2026 it was a matter of seconds that we were out the door.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump recalled his experience during the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner shooting on Saturday, April 25. The president said in an interview on the Sunday, April 26, episode of 60 Minutes that he \u201cwanted to see what was happening,\u201d which led to Secret Service agents taking longer to usher him out of the Washington [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":85062,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_daextam_enable_autolinks":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-trends-and-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2272603954-Donald-Trump-Wanted-to-See-What-Was-Going-On-Amid-WHCD-Shooting.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85061\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}