{"id":23809,"date":"2026-04-28T13:15:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T13:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/2026\/04\/28\/trump-and-king-charles-share-an-eerie-bond-forged-in-gunfire\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T13:15:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T13:15:34","slug":"trump-and-king-charles-share-an-eerie-bond-forged-in-gunfire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/2026\/04\/28\/trump-and-king-charles-share-an-eerie-bond-forged-in-gunfire\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump And King Charles Share An Eerie Bond Forged In Gunfire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:relative\" data-narration-container=\"true\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">When King Charles visits President Trump this week, they\u2019ll have some common ground to discuss: how to stay completely cool in the face of a would-be assassin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Trump has been remarkably brave when confronted with someone trying to murder him not once, not twice, but three times \u2014 first in Butler, Pennsylvania when a bullet grazed his ear after he miraculously turned his head at the precise right moment, and again on Saturday night when a gunman crashed the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner armed with multiple weapons and the intent to kill the president.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"vLFfko5ndS8\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hey can you guys pls stop trying to kill our President?\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vLFfko5ndS8?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">More than three decades ago in 1994, King Charles, (then Prince Charles) was targeted by a crazed activist himself while giving a speech in Australia. David Kang, 23, fired off two blanks and tripped onto the stage where Charles was speaking before being tackled by the future monarch\u2019s security detail.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"saBA_3sKfls\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Prince Charles Shot At in Sydney (1994)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/saBA_3sKfls?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">The whole time the Prince of Wales can be seen looking on with a mildly sour look on his face, without cowering in fear or ducking for cover. It was later revealed that the gun was firing blanks and Kang insisted that he, \u201cdidn\u2019t trip on the stage, [he] deliberately fell, because [he] didn\u2019t have any intention to hurt anyone.\u201d The would-be assassin also said the incident was very \u201ctraumatic\u201d for him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">However, at the time, Charles and the crowd likely assumed the man was firing bullets, as evidenced by the loud gasps heard in the recording. That\u2019s what makes the British royal\u2019s benign reaction so impressive.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">In Butler, Trump immediately stood up after being shot with blood running down his face and was captured in one of the most iconic images in American history, fist held high while chanting, \u201cFight! Fight! Fight!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Then over the weekend at the WHCD, the president once again had a minor reaction to the perilous events unfolding before him. Despite a man barging into the event with the express intention of murdering him, Trump kept his cool. Images of him sitting at the head table looking calm immediately started circulating on social media.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"g8pqPy31ZH0\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\ud83d\udea8 An alleged shooter is in custody, unclear if anyone is injured\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g8pqPy31ZH0?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Trump <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/trump-explains-delay-leaving-ballroom-says-he-wanted-to-personally-assess-scene\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">discussed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> his reaction during a \u201c60 Minutes\u201d interview the next day. \u201cI wasn\u2019t worried. I understand life. We live in a crazy world,\u201d he said, \u201cI said, \u2018Wait a minute. Let me see what\u2019s going on,\u2019\u201d the president added. \u201cThen they said, \u2018Please go down,\u2019 and I dropped to the floor.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">During the same interview, he said he\u2019d like to have the event again within 30 days and expressed no fear about the future.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">\u201cThese things have always existed,\u201d he said of violent threats. \u201cBut we handled it, and we\u2019re going to move forward.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">King Charles is also undeterred by the violence that unfolded over the weekend. In a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/king-charles-visit-trump-us-uk-relations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">statement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> Sunday, the palace confirmed that their planned visit on Monday, \u201cwill proceed as planned.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">\u201cThe King and Queen are most grateful to all those who have worked at pace to ensure this remains the case and are looking forward to the Visit getting underway,\u201d the statement added.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/cool-under-fire-trump-and-king-charles-share-a-rare-bond\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When King Charles visits President Trump this week, they\u2019ll have some common ground to discuss: how to stay completely cool in the face of a would-be assassin. Trump has been remarkably brave when confronted with someone trying to murder him not once, not twice, but three times \u2014 first in Butler, Pennsylvania when a bullet [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23810,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-23809","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-current-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23809\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}