Donald Trump's private phone call with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been sensationally leaked and in it the former president reveals new details about the shocking attempt on his life.
In what he thought was a secret conversation Trump also dished on what Joe Biden had said to him in a separate call, and laid bare his views on vaccines.
'It felt like the world's largest mosquito,' Trump said about the bullet that whizzed by and clipped his ear on Saturday at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Trump is also heard trying to coax RFK Jr. to join his team, suggesting the independent candidate and vaccine skeptic could do something withimmunization in his second administration.
Incredibly, a video clip of RFK talking to Trump on speakerphone was initially posted online by the candidate's son, Robert F. Kennedy III. It has since been deleted.
A video of independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was leaked that showcases his telephone conversation Monday with former President Donald Trump. In the video Trump discusses the shooting anddisparages vaccines
Trump said being hit by a bullet was like being bitten by the 'world's largest mosquito'
'And we're going to win, we're way ahead of the guy (Biden),' Trump is heard saying, as the video captures Kennedy, a former Democrat, saying, 'Yeah.'
Trump then segues into the call he had with Biden, as the president touched base with his political rival in the hours following Saturday's assassination attempt.
'He was very nice actually. He called and he said, "How did you choose to move to the right?"' Trump said.
The Republican nominee noted how he was 'looking straight on.'
He said he told Biden: 'I was just showing a chart'. Then, chuckling, Trump added: 'I didn't have to tell him the chart, it was about all the people pouring into our country, right?'
Trump continued: 'But I just turned my head to show the chart and something wrapped me.
'It sounded like a giant...like the world's largest mosquito.
'What do they call that, an AR-15 or something, that's a big gun, pretty tough guns right.'
At the start of the conversation, Trump is heard mulling whether vaccine doses for babies are too large.
'Something is wrong with that whole system,' Trump said, referring to Kennedy as 'Bobby.'
'Remember I said I wanted to do small doses, small doses,' he continued, adding that instead children are getting '38 different vaccines.'
Former President Donald Trump is surround by U.S. Secret Service agents after being shot at a campaign rally, Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Butler, P
RFK Jr. apologized for the leaking of details of his call with Trump
A driver's license photograph of gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks
'And it looks like it's meant for a horse, not a 10-pound or 20-pound baby,' Trump continued. 'And then you see the baby all of the sudden starting to change radically, I've seen it too many times and then you hear that it doesn't have an impact right?'
Trump then pointed out to Kennedy that they had had a similar conversation years ago.
'I would love you to do stuff,' the Republican nominee also offered. 'And I think it would be so big for you.'
Trump has tried to have it both ways with vaccines - heralding his administration'sOperation Warp Speed, which sped up the development of COVID-19 vaccines, while playing into vaccine skepticism.
US former President and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, a bandage on his ear after being wounded in an assassination attempt
Trumpduring the first day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 15, 2024
Kennedy said he was 'mortified' by the leak
Kennedy's son, Robert F. Kennedy III, said he wanted the public to know what Trump was saying about vaccines behind closed doors.
'I am a firm believer that these sorts of conversations should be had in public,' RFK III said. 'Here's Trump giving his real opinion to my dad about vaccinating kids - this was the day after the assassination attempt.
'If I violated some kind of law in posting this my only wish is to have Dr. Anthony Fauci as my cell mate,' the candidate's son said.
On Tuesday, Kennedy authenticated the video by apologizing for the leak.
'When President Trump called me I was taping with an in-house videographer. I should have ordered the videographer to stop recording immediately. I am mortified that this was posted. I apologize to the president,' RFK Jr. posted to X Tuesday morning.
Democrats were appalled by the apparent collusion between Trump and the independent Kennedy - who came from a prominent Democratic political family. Most of the family's members support Biden.
'RFK Jr. was recruited to run by MAGA Republicans, his candidacy is funded by MAGA's biggest donor, and now we learn he's colluding with MAGA to help Donald Trump win,' said DNC Communications Adviser Lis Smith. 'He has no path to victory in this race and is nothing more than a spoiler for Trump.'
