Trump dubs presidency ‘dangerous business’, claims to get 'throbbing feeling' from attempts on his life

Trump told the media, 'I get that throbbing feeling every once in a while. But you know what? That's okay. This is a dangerous business'
PUBLISHED JUN 28, 2025
President Donald Trump recounted the two assassination attempts on him during a press conference on recent Supreme Court rulings in the briefing room at the White House on June 27, 2025 in Washington, DC (Joe Raedle/Getty Images and Getty Images)
President Donald Trump recounted the two assassination attempts on him during a press conference on recent Supreme Court rulings in the briefing room at the White House on June 27, 2025 in Washington, DC (Joe Raedle/Getty Images and Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC: Donald Trump has called the presidency a “dangerous business” while speaking about the two assassination attempts he faced in 2024.

The commander-in-chief recalled the incidents while reportedly celebrating a US Supreme Court verdict that restricts countrywide injunctions issued by federal courts.



 

On Friday, June 27, Trump told the media, “I get that throbbing feeling every once in a while. But you know what? That's okay. This is a dangerous business,” as reported by USA Today.



 

Trump says being a president is ‘dangerous’

“What I do is a dangerous business,” he added.

The 79-year-old leader also went on to compare other professions with the presidency.

He said, “You have race car drivers as an example, 1/10 of 1 per cent die. Bull riders, 1/10 of 1 per cent. That's not a lot, but it's - people die.”

U.S. President Donald Trump answers questions during a press conference on recent Supreme Court rulings in the briefing room at the White House on June 27, 2025 in Washington, DC. The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that individual judges cannot grant nationwide injunctions to block executive orders, including the injunction on President Trump’s effort to eliminate birthright citizenship in the U.S. The justices did not rule on Trump’s order to end birthright citizenship but stopped his order from taking effect for 30 days. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
President Donald Trump answers questions during a press conference on recent Supreme Court rulings in the briefing room at the White House on June 27, 2025 in Washington, DC (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

“When you're president, it's about 5%. If somebody had told me that, maybe I wouldn't have run. Okay? This is, this is a very dangerous profession,” Trump asserted.

Trump faced two assassination attempts on the 2024 presidential campaign

The commander-in-chief was attacked first in Pennsylvania in July last year. At the time, a bullet grazed his ear during a campaign rally.

Then again in September last year, he was attacked while playing golf at his West Palm Beach resort.

BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA - OCTOBER 05: Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show Grounds on October 5, 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania. Trump is returning to Butler after being wounded in an assassination attempt on July 13th. (Photo by Jeff Swensen/Getty Images(Photo by Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)
Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show Grounds on October 5, 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania. Trump is returning to Butler after being wounded in an assassination attempt on July 13 (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

While the July attacker was killed by Secret Service agents, the September perpetrator faces five federal charges and has pleaded not guilty.

Trump blasted former FBI Director James Comey over alleged call for his assassination

President of the United States Donald Trump arrives at Huis ten Bosch Palace for a dinner during the NATO Summit 2025 on June 24, 2025 in The Hague, Netherlands. (Photo by Patrick van Katwijk/Getty Images)
President of the United States Donald Trump arrives at Huis ten Bosch Palace for a dinner during the NATO Summit 2025 on June 24, 2025 in The Hague, Netherlands. (Patrick van Katwijk/Getty Images)

This came after last month, Trump reportedly called out former FBI Director James Comey for his alleged concealed call for his assassination.

“He wasn't very competent. But he was competent enough to know what that meant. And, he did it for a reason,” the Republican leader told Fox News chief political anchor Bret Baier, referring to Comey’s now-deleted post featuring seashells arranged to form the numbers “86 47”.

Comey had captioned it, “Cool shell formation on my beach walk.”

But some took it as a coded message, saying “86” meant “get rid of,” and “47” was for Trump, resulting in him apologizing, “I didn't realize some folks associate those numbers with violence. It never occurred to me but I oppose violence of any kind so I took the post down.”

Trump, however, slammed him, adding, “He knew exactly what that meant. A child knows what that meant. If you're the FBI director, and you don't know what that meant – that meant assassination, and it says it loud and clear.”

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