President Trump: I've studied assassinations, and I must tell you, the most impactful people, the people that do the most; you take a look at the people; Abraham Lincoln, I mean, you go through the people that have gone through this where they got 'em; but the people that do the most, the people that make the biggest impact, they're the ones that they go after. They don't go after the ones that don't do much, because they like it that way. And when you look at the people that have either; whether it was an attempt, or a successful attempt, they're very impactful people. Just take a look at the names. They're big names, And I hate to say I'm honored by that, but I've done a lot. We've done a lot. We have taken this country; we were a laughing stock for years, and now we're the hottest country anywhere in the world. We've changed this country. And there are a lot of people that are not happy about that.
Reporter: Are you concerned about political violence? This could be politically motivated?
President Trump: All violence; I'm concerned about everything. Look, but I can't be so concerned that you can't function. No, I'm here; it's a dangerous profession.
President Trump: All you can do; look, I don't care how many people you have. How good they are. They can be the greatest people; you can have the greatest security in history. If you have a wack-job who's got a brain, but it's a little bit distorted, or a lot distorted, they can make trouble. Some of these people are of genius-level IQ, and they're nuts. So it can be trouble. So you do absolutely the best, you get the best; we have the best people. It was proven tonight. He started running from fifty yards, and he was fast. He was like a blur on tape. He was moving. They turned; it was very impressive the way they got 'em.