President Donald Trump responded to the weekend\u2019s White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner (WHCD) shooting with a bizarre dose of humor, joking that the alleged assailant\u2019s sprinting ability warranted an NFL contract.<\/p>\n
Donald Trump jokes about the gunman<\/p>\n
The president analyzed the chaotic moments when a man charged past security at the Washington Hilton, remarking not on the danger, but on the suspect\u2019s athletic prowess. Speaking with CBS News\u2019 Norah O\u2019Donnell on 60 Minutes, Donald Trump described the shooting incident at WHCD with the eye of a sports scout. \u201cHe was like a blur,\u201d Trump said, recalling surveillance footage of the WHCD shooting suspect.<\/p>\n
The alleged gunman, Cole Tomas Allen, barreled through magnetometers with two firearms and knives before law enforcement subdued him. Trump complimented the raw physical speed required to breach the perimeter, measuring the dash in football terms. \u201cHis speed was rather incredible, actually\u2026 You know, he ran 45 yards, they say, and he just went to it, and then boom, he popped through it. I mean, he ran like\u2014I think the NFL should sign him up,\u201d Trump quipped. \u201cHe was fast.\u201d<\/p>\n
The NFL comparison stood out against the gravity of the thwarted attack. Trump also spoke of the tactical response of the agents who neutralized the threat. \u201cWhen you look at it on tape, it\u2019s almost like a blur,\u201d he added. \u201cBut it was amazing \u2018cause as soon as they saw that you could see them draw their guns. They were so professional. Aimed their guns, and then they took him down immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n
The suspect is scheduled for arraignment in federal court on preliminary charges, including assaulting a federal officer with a dangerous weapon. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro indicated the list of charges will likely expand. Authorities uncovered a manifesto in which Allen styled himself as \u201cCole \u2018coldForce\u2019 \u2018Friendly Federal Assassin\u2019 Allen,\u201d and detailed a plot targeting top officials.<\/p>\n
Originally reported by Devanshi Basu on Mandatory.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n The post Donald Trump Cracks Unexpected NFL Joke About WHCD Gunman<\/a> appeared first on Reality Tea<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"President Donald Trump responded to the weekend\u2019s White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner (WHCD) shooting with a bizarre dose of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":631545,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,236393,1376,514,118169,236392,82,236391,236394],"class_list":["post-631544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cole-tomas-allen","tag-donald-trump","tag-nfl","tag-norah-odonnell","tag-security-checkpoint","tag-sports","tag-whcd","tag-white-house-correspondents39-dinner"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=631544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631544\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/631545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=631544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=631544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=631544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}