'Surreal situation': Trump on his assassination bid in interview with Elon Musk

PTC News Desk: In a conversation with Elon Musk, former US President Donald Trump recalled the recent 'assassination attempt', which he described as a 'hard hit', and said it was a surreal situation.

During the interview, when the X owner asked, "How was the shooting for you like?" Trump answered by saying that it was "not pleasant" and a 'very hard hit."It was a hard hit. It was very, I guess you would say, surreal, but it wasn't surreal. You know, I was telling somebody, you have instances like this ... where you feel it's a surreal situation. And I never felt that way. I knew immediately that it was a bullet," Trump said.

Trump went on to say that when he went down after being shot, the first thing on his mind was, "How many people were killed?" "Because we had a massive crowd there -- a tremendous thousands and thousands of people. ... So I said, 'How many people have been killed?' Because I knew there were other shots being fired," he added.

Meanwhile, Musk stated that he supported Trump's presidential campaign because of his reaction to the assassination attempt in Pennsylvania last month, describing Trump's pumping of his fists as "just incredibly inspiring," CNN reported.

On July 13, Trump was onstage at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania when gunshots went out, prompting Secret Service agents to storm the stage. Hours after the shooting, Trump claimed that the bullet pierced the upper part of his right ear.

The FBI identified the shooter as Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania.