Former President Donald Trump made a rare late-night talk show appearance on Wednesday, joking that “golf is a very dangerous game” just days after the Secret Service thwarted a second assassination attempt against him, the 2024 Republican nominee.
Appearing on Fox News’ “Gutfeld!,” Trump, 78, bantered with host Greg Gutfeld in a segment taped before his campaign rally on Long Island.
“Well Mr. P, how’s your golf game?” Gutfeld asked.
“I haven’t thought about it much lately,” Trump replied. “I always said golf is a dangerous game.” He added, “It’s pretty sad.”
The comment came just days after Secret Service agents foiled an assassination attempt at Trump’s Palm Beach golf course. Agents spotted a rifle barrel emerging from bushes near one of the holes while Trump was a few hundred yards away on the green.
When Gutfeld asked if Trump would have tried to “take out” the shooter with his 3-wood if he had known, Trump responded, “I think so, if I knew.”
Trump praised the agent who spotted the gun, saying, “The Secret Service did a great job. They saw the barrel of a big gun coming out of the bushes. How many people would notice that? He really was exceptional.”
Reflecting on the increasing threats, Trump noted, “We’ve been through a lot of this,” referencing prior assassination attempts in Butler, Pennsylvania, and now in Palm Beach. “We’re getting very good at it, but I don’t want to say that too loudly.”
When asked how he copes with such dangers, Trump acknowledged that “being president is a very dangerous job,” estimating that “6% or 7%” of presidents are assassinated. He admitted that while he doesn’t dwell on his own mortality, he’s “thought more about God” since the recent close calls.
Trump also expressed one regret from his recent debate with Vice President Kamala Harris: “I wanted to be elegant and didn’t go after the anchors. I wish I had,” referring to ABC News anchors David Muir and Linsey Davis, whom he accused of fact-checking him while sparing Harris.
In a lighter moment, Trump shared a story about a panicked phone call from Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz during his presidency. Walz called Trump saying his house was “surrounded by people with American flags.” Trump joked, “I said, ‘Is that a good thing or a bad thing?’ He thought they were going to attack him.”
Trump claimed the group were his supporters, and Walz asked Trump to issue a statement of support. “I didn’t even know him,” Trump said, “but I put out a statement saying, ‘He’s a good man.’ And they left. He said it was a miracle … I didn’t want him to get hurt.”
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