Just hours after an armed gunman opened fire inside the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, President Donald Trump held a no-holds-barred press conference from the White House late Saturday night, during which he explained that he is “honored,” in a way, by the multiple assassination attempts.In one of the most powerful moments of the briefing, Trump responded directly to a reporter’s question about why assassination attempts keep happening to him.“The ones that do the most, they go after. They go after impactful people,” Trump stated. “I hate to say I’m honored by that.”WATCH: NOW: President Trump just gave the PERFECT ANSWER“Why does it [assassination attempts] keep happening to you?”TRUMP: The ones that do the most — they go after. They go after impactful people.“I hate to say I’m honored by that.” pic.twitter.com/AY4bLPGK96— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) April 26, 2026The press conference took place after chaos ensued at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, where 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen of Torrance, California, a former “teacher of the month,” allegedly assembled a long weapon in a back room before opening fire near the security screening area.Over 250 Journalists Sign Letter Demanding ‘Forceful’ Protest Against Trump at White House Correspondents’ Dinner/*! This file is auto-generated */!function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i