Trump’s defiant response: “They can’t stop me”
Donald Trump has cast the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner as further proof that “they can’t stop me”, in a series of robust statements to reporters and on social media following Saturday night’s incident at the Washington Hilton. Appearing in the White House briefing room shortly before midnight, the president praised the Secret Service agents who tackled the gunman and protected him and other senior figures. “The Secret Service was fantastic – absolutely fantastic,” Mr Trump told reporters. “They were on this guy like lightning. One agent took a bullet right to the chest and just kept…