“I should be dead,” Trump says in interview | Live updates

Former President Donald Trump praised Secret Service agents who acted quickly to protect him and escort him off the stage after the attempt on his life at his rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday.

“They did a fantastic job,” he said in an interview with the New York Post on Sunday.

Looking back on the shooting, Trump said, “I shouldn’t be here. I should be dead.”

Trump praised the crowd at his rally for their spontaneous reaction.

“In many places, especially at football matches, you hear one shot and everyone starts running. Here there were many shots and they stayed,” he said, adding: “I love them. They are such great people.”

In the interview, which, according to the Post, also included a reporter from the Washington Examiner, Trump addressed the call from President Joe Biden and said it was “very nice.”

Senator Lindsey Graham, who was on the plane with Trump, according to the Washington Post, said of the former president: “He feels like he has started a new life.”