Trump Shares Details of Call With Biden After Shooting: ‘He Couldn’t Have Been Nicer’

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Former President Donald Trump talked to ABC News as the Republican National Convention kicked off, just days after he survived an assassination attempt.

In a phone conversation with ABC’s Jonathan Karl , Trump described his state of mind after a bullet hit his ear during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on Saturday. He told Karl that it had an “impact” on him when asked if he’d “changed” since the incident.

Trump also shared details about the call he received from President Joe Biden after the shooting, which had been described as “short and respectful” in the press. Both Biden and Trump revealed more about their conversation in interviews since, with Trump telling Karl that it was “very nice,” saying of Biden: “He couldn’t have been nicer.”

In an interview with NBC’s Lester Holt on Monday, Biden said of the exchange: “I told him how concerned I was and wanted to make sure I knew how he was actually doing. He sounded good. He said he was fine. And he thanked me for calling him. I told him he was literally in the prayers of [First Lady Dr. Jill Biden ] and me, and I hoped his whole family was weathering this.”