Trump compares image of Butler assassination attempt to Iwo Jima photo
Former President Trump compared the image of him surviving the assassination attempt in Butler, Pa., to the image of U.S. troops raising the flag on Iwo Jima during World War II.
Trump joined the “Six Feet Under” podcast with former professional wrestler Mark Calaway, where Trump was asked if he would make a portrait out of the photo.
Trump’s supporters widely shared the photo of the former president raising his fist out of defiance and chanting “fight, fight, fight” with a drip of blood coming from his ear after a gunman opened fire at his rally in July. He said it’s “amazing” he’s alive.
“You’re not supposed to be alive for iconic,” Trump said. "But they say it’s the most … I think Iwo Jima is right there. They took a lot of bullets putting up the flag.”
Calaway, who wrestled as The Undertaker, agreed with the former president.
The Iwo Jima photo, which depicts U.S. Marines hoisting the American flag in Japan in March 1945, symbolizes the American war effort in the region just months before the end of the World War II.
Trump said he has “never seen anything like” the photo of him raising his fist after the shooting. He said he gets paintings sent to him from people, and some are “really good” but some aren’t.
“I had that with my mug shot but to a lesser extent,” he joked about surrendering to authorities in Georgia.
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