Former President Donald Trump said during a Monday interview that former First Lady Melania Trump had been watching on television when he was shot during his July 13th rally in Butler, Pennsylvania — and that she was still traumatized from the moment she saw him drop to the ground.

Trump made the comments while speaking with Fox News host Laura Ingraham just over two weeks after the would-be assassin had shot him, killed firefighter Corey Comperatore, and gravely injured two other rally attendees.

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Donald Trump revealed Melania’s reaction to seeing assassination attempt: “When I went down she thought the worst”

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— Graham Allen (@GrahamAllen_1) July 30, 2024

“What was Melania’s reaction, if you don’t mind my asking,” Ingraham asked the former president. “I know this is very personal — when she learned about what happened on that field in Butler.”

“She was watching. She was watching live,” Trump replied. “It was all over the place, it was on television, it was on your network, it was all over the place and she was watching. I asked her that — I mean, I wasn’t there, I was on the ground.”

“I said, ‘So what was your feeling?’ and she was — she can’t really even talk about it,” Trump continued.

“Traumatized,” Ingraham interjected.

“Which is okay, because that means she likes me, well, she loves me,” Trump quipped, repeating that several times before returning to a more serious tone. “I will say this — look, when I went down, she thought the worst had happened because I went down. And I grabbed my ear, and my head was loaded up with blood …”

Trump concluded by remembering the hero firefighter, Comperatore, who had died that day shielding his family from the bullets.

President Joe Biden sparked some backlash on Monday when he lashed out at House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), saying that he would be “dead on arrival.”

The exchange began with Johnson’s statement on Biden’s remarks regarding the Supreme Court and his plan to overhaul it in the wake of a number of decisions that had not gone his way.

“President Biden’s proposal to radically overhaul the U.S. Supreme Court would tilt the balance of power and erode not only the rule of law, but the American people’s faith in our system of justice,” Johnson wrote in a post to X. “This proposal is the logical conclusion to the Biden-Harris Administration and Congressional Democrats’ ongoing efforts to delegitimize the Supreme Court. Their calls to expand and pack the Court will soon resume.”

“It is telling that Democrats want to change the system that has guided our nation since its founding simply because they disagree with some of the Court’s recent decisions. This dangerous gambit of the Biden-Harris Administration is dead on arrival in the House,” he concluded.

President Biden’s proposal to radically overhaul the U.S. Supreme Court would tilt the balance of power and erode not only the rule of law, but the American people’s faith in our system of justice.

This proposal is the logical conclusion to the Biden-Harris Administration and…

— Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) July 29, 2024

But when Biden was asked about Johnson’s statement, he replied, “That’s what he is.”

“That he is?” a reporter pressed.

“Dead on arrival,” Biden said.

President Biden was just asked on the tarmac about Speaker Johnson calling his Supreme Court reform “dead on arrival.” “That’s what he is,” Biden said. Asked for clarification, a reporter shouted, “That he is?” Biden responded: “He is. Dead on arrival.” pic.twitter.com/kEOV2y21Yi

— Matt Viser (@mviser) July 29, 2024

Critics quickly pointed out the fact that Biden was not doing much to lower the temperature with regard to political rhetoric — and some even noted that former President Donald Trump, the 2024 nominee for Johnson’s party, had been shot just barely more than two weeks earlier.

“Donald Trump was an inch away from being assassinated not three weeks ago. This is Joe Biden’s rhetoric today,” Stephen Miller said.

Donald Trump was an inch away from being assassinated not three weeks ago. This is Joe Biden’s rhetoric today. https://t.co/UDLDSdm1BB

— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) July 29, 2024

“The leader of Johnson’s party was shot in the head on July 13th,” Guy Benson added.

The leader of Johnson’s party was shot in the head on July 13th. https://t.co/euxHVLAA5a

— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) July 29, 2024

“The Earth would spin out of its orbit if a Republican president made a death joke about a Democrat House Speaker,” Mark Davis said.

The Earth would spin out of its orbit if a Republican president made a death joke about a Democrat House Speaker. https://t.co/L6D84dLNrm

— Mark Davis (@MarkDavis) July 30, 2024

“The press would be running 24-hour coverage if Trump said this,” RedState’s Bonchie posted.

The press would be running 24-hour coverage if Trump said this. https://t.co/0wVADrnMDj

— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) July 29, 2024

Johnson responded with a clip from Biden’s disastrous debate with Trump — which set off a series of events that culminated in Biden’s abrupt exit from the 2024 presidential race.

“I really don’t know what he said at the end of that sentence,” Trump said of Biden in the video clip. “I don’t think he knows what he said either.”

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— Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) July 29, 2024