BACK IN BUTLER... ‘As I Was Saying …’: Donald Trump Resumes Butler Rally Almost Three Months After Assassination Attempt (VIDEO) Former President Donald Trump resolutely resumed his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania almost three months after he was nearly assassinated. Trump, who was grazed in the ear by a bullet on stage as he turned his head toward an illegal immigration chart, picked up where he left off on July 13 by displaying the same chart Saturday and beginning with “As I was saying…” to the sound of rapturous applause.