Former President Donald Trump made a rare appearance on the Fox News show “Gutfeld!” this week, where he joked about the dangers of golf and addressed recent assassination attempts against him. The 78-year-old president appeared on the talk show just days after Secret Service agents foiled another attempt on his life at one of his Florida golf courses.
During the interview, Trump was asked how his golf game has been since he’s had to dodge multiple assassination attempts recently. The former president responded by saying that “golf is a very dangerous game,” especially when people are playing with him. In a recent incident, Secret Service agents spotted a rifle barrel poking out of some bushes along one of the holes of Trump’s Palm Beach golf course, as Trump was on a green a few hundred yards away from the sniper.
Trump praised the work of the Secret Service in foiling the assassination attempt and acknowledged that being president is a very dangerous job, with 6% or 7% of them meeting untimely ends. The former president also revealed that he has thought more about God since the incident in Butler, Pennsylvania.
When asked how he processes scary incidents like these, Trump said he’s come to terms with the fact that “being president is a very dangerous job.” He went on to discuss his one regret from his debate against Vice President Kamala Harris earlier this month.
Trump revealed that he wanted to be more aggressive in his questioning of the anchors during the debate but chose not to go after them. He also shared an anecdote about a panicked phone call he received from Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, who claimed that Trump’s supporters had surrounded his house. Trump ultimately put out a statement defending the governor and asking his supporters to leave him alone.
Trump’s appearance on “Gutfeld!” marked his first late-night talk show appearance during an election cycle since his 2016 appearance on NBC’s “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.” The interview was taped in front of a live studio audience and is expected to draw a large number of viewers.
