The day after another failed assassination attempted on President Trump, ABC reporter Jonathan Karl said the commander in chief telephoned him that morning “to see if I was OK.”
The reporter told George Stephanopoulos: “He was, he said at first he was calling to see if I was OK with what happened last night and then he reiterated many of the things he said in his press conference last night, emphasizing the unity that he felt in that moment that he felt at the dinner before the shooting and certainly after with the people who reached out to him.”
Monday afternoon, however, Trump clarified the incident, asking, “Why would I do that?”
Posted the president: “Jonathan Karl, of ABC Fake News, made a statement that I called him early in the morning, the day after the assassination attempt, to ask whether or not HE was OK. No, this was a hit on ME, not HIM, and I didn’t make such a call, why would I do that?
“He called me, but I didn’t take his call – He just confirmed that to me when he called again. I would say that’s very dishonest reporting. He’s trying to make himself look important but, I’m not surprised, because it comes from ABC Fake News! President DONALD J. TRUMP”
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) May 4, 2026
Cole Allen, the man who allegedly plotted to kill Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner April 25, appeared in court Monday for a motion hearing.
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