Trump Says He Was Not Taken Down to the White House Bunker Due to Protests

President Donald Trump says it is a “false report” that he was taken to a secure bunker while protesters gathered outside the White House on Friday night.

However, he said he went to the bunker during the for an “inspection” during the day.

“It was a false report, I wasn’t down … I went down during the day, and I was there for a tiny, little short period of time. And it was much more for an inspection,” Trump said during an interview on Fox News radio on Wednesday.

He continued, “I went down. I looked at it. It was during the day. It was not a problem. And I read about it like a big thing. There was never a problem. We never had a problem. Nobody ever came close to giving us a problem.”

When asked if the Secret Service tried to take the president to the bunker, he said, “Nope.”

He continued, “But they said it would be a good time to go down, take a look because maybe sometime you’re going to need it.”

“I looked, I was down for a very, very short period of time — very, very short period of time. I can’t tell you who went with me, but a whole group of people went with me … as an inspecting factor,” he added. 

Listen to the interview below:

Throughout the interview, Trump stressed that his “inspection” was during day, and not when demonstrations turned violent at night.

Additionally, Trump said he has gone to the bunker “two and a half” times because, “I’ve done different things.”

On Sunday, The New York Times reported that the Secret Service rushed Trump to an underground bunker at the White House on Friday night.