Trump was 'full of resolve and joking' about being shot just hours after Thomas Crooks' failed assassination attempt, Donald Trump Jr reveals

Donald Trump Jr. has revealed what occurred successful nan aftermath of nan assassination effort connected his begetter this past play successful Pennsylvania. 

In an unusually cordial question and reply pinch CNN, nan Republican candidate's eldest boy said that he was pinch his children erstwhile received a telephone telling him that his begetter had been shot.

Trump was wounded successful nan ear, and 1 of his supporters was killed, aft crazed gunman Thomas Crooks opened occurrence astatine a rally successful an evident assassination attempt. Crooks, 20, was past changeable dormant by Secret Snipers seconds aft nan shooting began. 

On Monday, Trump appeared astatine nan Republican National Convention successful Milwaukee, up of his reside connected Thursday. 

Trump Jr. explained that it took him 90 minutes from nan clip he received nan first telephone astir nan shooting to being capable to speak pinch his father. 'There was immoderate shock, but a batch of resolve, he was joking astir it, successful a measurement that only my begetter tin do.'

Earlier, Trump Jr. became embroiled successful a heated speech pinch an MSNBC newsman connected nan level of nan normal complete nan Trump administration's family separation policy. 

In an earlier question and reply pinch far-right outlet Newsmax, Trump Jr. elaborated further connected his acquisition surrounding nan shooting. 

'I was retired pinch my kids conscionable being a dada and Kim gave maine a telephone and said, "Your dad's been shot," but that was virtually nan only accusation that we had retired there. I didn't cognize thing for a while,' he said. 

'I tried calling everyone, conscionable tried to get my kids location and secure. They weren't judge if it was a bigger thing.' 

'No 1 really knew what to expect, and it took maine astir 90 minutes for maine to really break done to anyone that had immoderate benignant of accusation aliases immoderate benignant of detail. So, arsenic you tin imagine, that was benignant of an absorbing time.'

'I knew he'd been shot, but I didn't person immoderate different specifications aliases immoderate existent information. Couldn't get ahold of anyone connected nan team. So it was a beautiful rough, somber evening.' 

Trump Jr. told Newsmax that his begetter was successful 'great spirits' but understood nan gravity of nan shooting. 

'I conscionable said, you know, man, that fist pump, that conflict aft getting changeable — everyone thinks they're a reliable guy, particularly these days pinch nan internet.'

'But watching that, that was existent resolve. And I conscionable told him, I said, "Man, I deliberation you're nan biggest bad*** I've ever met." And I couldn't beryllium much proud to beryllium your son." And you cognize that was benignant of nan crystal breaker.'

'And finally, everyone was like, OK, like, we tin beryllium a family and person immoderate fun. … That was a agelong 90 minutes,' he added. 

'But it was really aft that conversation, you beryllium down, and you commencement watching nan videos and you publication nan stories and it's like, that's erstwhile it hits you, that adrenaline dump yet releases. And that was beautiful crushing. '