Who was the Chinese-American female reporter sitting next to Trump during the shooting incident?
At the time on the podium, sitting to the right of President Trump was First Lady Melania, and to the left, closely beside Trump, was a young Chinese-American woman. She is Jiang Weijia, the current president of the White House Correspondents' Association and a senior White House reporter for CBS News, who had previously been a thorn in Trump's side during his first term. Initially, she appeared to be a young beauty in the video, but with the high-definition images now available, it turns out she's not that young anymore.
When the gunshots rang out, Jiang Weijia, as the organizer of the event and the president of the White House Correspondents' Association, was engaged in polite conversation with Trump on stage. In an interview afterward, she recalled, "I didn't have a second thought; I could only crawl to the ground as fast as I could."
Videos from the scene show that the U.S. Vice President Vance, sitting at the other end of the podium, quickly evacuated the area upon security personnel's warning, while Trump's reaction was somewhat slower. Soon, several Secret Service agents quickly surrounded Trump, and he stumbled at the exit. Jiang Weijia, who was sitting next to Trump, lifted her dress and followed the agents protecting him out.
Jiang Weijia recalled that she heard what sounded like an explosion but didn't immediately grasp what was happening. Ultimately, she exited the hall with Trump, Melania, and others. Later, outside the hall, she heard security personnel reporting the situation, and "Trump insisted that we must complete the dinner." She also mentioned that Trump called her afterward to say they needed to find a time to host the dinner again, "because this matter is very important." $BNB
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