Trump bashes liberals whining about his ballroom after shooting at Correspondents’ Dinner: ‘Would never have happened at the White House’: Live updates

In a press conference on Saturday evening, President Trump confirmed that one person was hurt but they remain stable in the wake of the Correspondents’ Dinner shooting.

The president confirmed that the suspect, 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen, has been apprehended and that a Secret Service agent wearing a protective vest was shot, but is in ‘great shape.’

‘Tonight, they had everything covered very quickly. And he was fast. He was running full blast, and they got him before they got any further,’ the president said of the shooting.

Trump confirmed he was ‘very far away’ from the scene of the shooting and was ushered out of the venue quickly by security.

Donald Trump boldly claimed on Truth Social that the chaos that unfolded last night would not have happened if there were a ‘safe and secure’ ballroom at the White House.

‘It cannot be built fast enough! While beautiful, it has every highest level security feature there is plus, there are no rooms sitting on top for unsecured people to pour in, and is inside the gates of the most secure building in the World, The White House,’ he wrote.

‘Nothing should be allowed to interfere with with its construction, which is on budget and substantially ahead of schedule!!!’

Donald Trump has revealed what First Lady Melania Trump told him just after bullets were fired in the Washington Hilton Hotel during the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

‘It’s always shocking when something like this happens,’ the President said at a White House press briefing in the West Wing within an hour of the violence.

‘The fact that we were sitting next to each other, the first lady on my right, and I heard a noise,’ Trump said, adding they thought ‘it was either a tray or a bullet.’

FBI Director Kash Patel acted swiftly to protect others as shots rang out at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

Chaos broke out inside the Washington Hilton after a shooter opened fire in the lobby around 8.15pm, prompting the Secret Service to rush into action, securing President Donald Trump and thousands of guests.

Patel, who was a guest of the Daily Mail alongside his girlfriend, country singer Alexis Wilkins, immediately instructed others at the table to get down.

As reporters huddled on the floor and underneath the tables, Patel yelled ‘stay down.’

Daily Mail reporters in attendance reported hearing three to four shots and hearing Secret Service agents yelling to get down.

When it was safe to stand back up, Patel and Wilkins asked the reporters standing next to them if they were OK, and then were escorted out of the ballroom by his security detail.

The suspect in the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting has been identified as a California teacher.

Cole Tomas Allen, 31, from Torrance, California is the alleged shooter who opened fire at the Washington Hilton on Saturday night.

The educator from the Los Angeles area was quickly apprehended by law enforcement moments after breaching a security checkpoint. He faces firearms and assault charges.

Erika Kirk sobbed ‘I just want to go home’ as she was rushed to safety after a gunman opened fire at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

The widow of Charlie Kirk was among the first to be evacuated from the Washington Hilton on Saturday night, not long after President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump were bundled out.

The head of Turning Point USA was seen in floods of tears as she was flanked by what appeared to be two Secret Service agents.

Donald Trump has issued a stark rallying cry to Americans at a hastily convened press conference in the West Wing only moments after a gunman attacked the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

‘In light of tonight’s events I ask that all Americans recommit with their hearts to resolving our differences peacefully,’ the president told reporters.

Most reporters had rushed over from the Hilton hotel which was hosting the dinner just over one mile away, with many still wearing their black tie and ball gowns from the ritzy gala.

The president praised what he described as ‘a tremendous amount of love and coming together’ on the aftermath of the shocking scenes, in which a member of the secret service was shot.

President Donald Trump was uninjured and other top leaders of the United States were evacuated from an annual dinner of White House correspondents on Saturday night after an unspecified threat. There did not immediately appear to be any injuries, and one law-enforcement official said a shooter had opened fire.

Authorities said the incident occurred outside the ballroom where Trump and other guests were seated. It was not immediately clear what happened. The event was scrapped and will be rescheduled.

The Daily Mail’s Nick Allen revealed what he saw from inside the Washington Hilton on Saturday evening.

Journalists in California knocked on the door of a house at an address connected to the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting suspect as FBI and other law enforcement showed up at the home in Torrance, California.

The house is believed to be associated with 31-year-old Cole Thomas Allen, the suspected gunman who will face at least three charges in connection with the incident on Monday, US Attorney for DC Jeanine Pirro said Saturday evening.