Former President Donald Trump admitted Thursday that he wasn't told about the potential threat posed by a suspect in Arizona who threatened his life or that the manhunt to find him was underway at the time while he was in the state, the Daily Mail reported.
Trump went to Arizona to speak on border security, focusing on violent crime and trafficking.
One reporter asked, "Today there was a manhunt going on in this county, somebody made death threats to you. Did you hear about that before coming?"
"No," Trump said.
"What are your thoughts coming down here? Some people told me it's dangerous for you to be here," the reporter continued.
"I've heard it's dangerous, but I also have a job to do. I heard it's very dangerous," Trump said.
"I hadn't heard about that. They probably want to keep it from me."
"Thank you for telling me," he added, looking over his shoulder and jokingly telling his Secret Service detail, "Let's get outta here, right now.
"No, thank you very much for saying, but, no, and I have great respect for Secret Service, the job they do — including a month and a half ago when they were jumping on top of me with bullets flying right at them. So ... no, I haven't heard that, but I'm not that surprised.
"The reason is because I want to do things that are very bad for the bad guys."
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