Terrified witnesses reveal Trump was ‘hair’s breadth away’ from death during rally assassination attempt

Donald Trump’s July 13 rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, began like any other — but changed minutes after the event started when shots rang out.

“Donald Trump was a hair’s breadth away from being assassinated,” Dr Joseph Meyn, who was watching the rally near the bleachers, told NewsNation. “Had he not looked to the left … he would have got hit directly in the head.”

Instead, Meyn said: “It looked like a piece of his ear got sliced off from one of the rounds.”

“It was pandemonium,” Todd Gerhart told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette about the moment shots rang out. “Everybody was running.”

No stranger to the Trump campaign trail, Gerhart was running his Make Honey Great Again stand, selling Trump-shaped 16-oz bottles of “Ultra MAGA” pure raw honey.

The honey vendor said he felt “sheer fear” when he heard the gunshots.

He added: “Why do you hate this man so much when he’s doing it for us? He’s not doing it for himself. He’s doing it for America.”

Several other witnesses have spoken out about the moment that the political rally descended into chaos – and the aftermath as terrified attendees sought to help victims and tried to flee to safety.

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A bullet struck the former president’s ear, prompting Trump to immediately duck to the floor, behind his podium. Secret Service agents swarmed the stage before rushing the former president to safety. A trail of blood dripping down his face, Trump defiantly pumped his fist in the air.

When the pops sounded, a wave of red-capped Trump supporters sitting behind the former president started screaming and ducking.

While everyone else was running, one rallygoer Jayme Karis, said that he was so shocked