Trump Balks Getting Off Stage at WHCD: ‘I Wanted to See What Was Going On’

1 sourceUpdated Apr 27, 2026

President Donald Trump admitted he did not make it easy for Secret Service agents to whisk him away from danger Saturday night. “I wanted to see what was going on,” Trump said in an interview with “60 Minutes Sunday,”…

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