President Donald Trump reflected on the one-year anniversary of his near assassination at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, saying “God alone” spared his life that day.

Trump issued a press release late Sunday evening recalling the tragedy last July. 

Corey Comperatore, a retired volunteer fire chief, was attempt as he protected his wife and daughter, and two other men were seriously injured. 

Trump lauded Comperatore as a “devoted husband and father” in the press release, then reflected a bit on his own mortality, stating that a higher being saved him for a higher purpose.

“It remains my firm conviction that God alone saved me that day for a righteous purpose: to restore our beloved Republic to greatness and to rescue our Nation from those who seek its ruin,” the release reads.

Presidential Message on the Anniversary of the Tragedy in Butler, Pennsylvania pic.twitter.com/5DhdQjBknj

— Jennifer Van Laar (@jenvanlaar) July 13, 2025