MELANIA Trump bravely alerted her husband to the sound of gunfire before Secret Service agents bundled them to the ground on stage.
Chilling video from Donald Trump’s correspondents’ dinner shows the president and his wife sat at the dais at the front of the Washington Hilton as a shooting broke out in the venue.
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Melania looks horrified as she hears gunfire rung out
A staffer is having a conversation with Melania and Donald Trump moments before the chaos unfolds
Karoline Leavitt, First Lady Melania Trump, President Donald Trump at The White House Correspondents Dinner earlier in the evening Credit: Getty
A staffer is showing the president a piece of paper as Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt and journalist Weijia Jiang listen in.
Suddenly, Melania sits up straight and scans the room in horror as a commotion erupts around her.
Trump recalled how his wife alerted him to the sound of gunshots in a briefing to the press just an hour later.
“The fact that we were sitting next to each other, the First Lady on my right, and I heard a noise,” Trump said.
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The US president added that at first he thought it was a tray being dropped on the floor by a staff member.
Melania was the first to raise the alarm that the sound could be gunfire, Trump added.
The First Lady told her husband about the “bad noise”, as Trump added: “it was a rather traumatic experience for her”.
“Melania was very cognisant,” he continued.
“The First Lady was doing a terrific job. She loves the country.
“She recognises it better than any. But she told me numerous times, she said ‘you are in a dangerous job’.”
In the video, Secret Service agents storm the stage as Melania ducks beneath the table.
Officers then take the president to the ground before bundling him off the stage.
Agents with full tactical gear scan the room as their guns are cocked ready to fire.
Melania and Karoline can be seen crawling backstage as they flee for their lives.
Secret Service agents flood the stage with guns drawnCredit: CSPAN
Trump was rushed out of the event by the Secret Service Credit: AP
Trump was escorted off the stage after shots were fired Credit: REUTERS
Cole Tomas Allen, 31, is facing firearms and assault charges after he was arrested in Washington over the terrifying shooting.
Trump posted a chilling video to Truth Social appearing to show the suspect charging the security at the event.
Grainy black and white CCTV footage shows staff standing outside the dining room where the prestigious event was taking place.
One staffer in a suit and tie can be seen leaning on a bench crossing his legs, oblivious to what chaos which is about to unfold.
A man then suddenly enters the frame sprinting at full speed and charging through the security cordon.
Two Secret Service agents can then be seen pulling out their guns, taking aim and shooting in the direction of the “would-be assassin”.
A swarm of officers wielding guns then flood the frame.
First Lady Melania Trump and Donald Trump at the event Credit: Splash
