Trump says Comey knew 'assassination' meaning behind deleted social media post

President Donald Trump is condemning a cryptic social media post from former FBI Director James Comey which Trump and others interpreted as a veiled call for his assassination In an specific interview with Fox News chief political anchor Bret Baier during a visit to Abu Dhabi Trump declared the now-deleted post which manifested seashells arranged to form the numbers was deliberate He wasn't very competent But he was competent enough to know what that meant And he did it for a reason Trump disclosed in an interview that aired Friday on Special Statement The post shared on Instagram featured the caption Cool shell formation on my beach walk Selected interpreted it as a coded message with being slang for get rid of and referring to Trump who is the th president of the United States FORMER FBI DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY MEETS WITH SECRET AMENITY AFTER CONTROVERSIAL ' ' POSTComey later deleted the post and issued an apology saying I didn't realize specific folks associate those numbers with violence It never occurred to me but I oppose violence of any kind so I took the post down Trump however is not convinced He knew exactly what that meant A child knows what that meant he mentioned If you're the FBI director and you don't know what that meant that meant assassination and it says it loud and clear FLASHBACK COMEY HAD ANOTHER ANTI-TRUMP SEASHELL PHOTO MOMENT DURING ELECTIONWhen urged whether Comey should face consequences Trump declined to give a definitive answer but declared the Justice Department and U S Secret Provision are studying If he had a clean history he doesn t he s a dirty cop I could understand if there was a leniency But I m going to let them make that decision he revealed Trump also used the interview to highlight up-to-date foreign protocol developments claiming success in brokering peace and securing economic deals in the Middle East I m using arrangement to settle scores and to make peace Trump reported He pointed to a up-to-date ceasefire agreement between India and Pakistan calling it a major breakthrough that averted what he claimed was the probable for nuclear war GABBARD SAYS COMEY SHOULD BE 'PUT BEHIND BARS' AFTER PICTURE ALLEGEDLY 'ISSUING A CALL TO ASSASSINATE' TRUMP That was going to be a nuclear war I think or close And now everyone s happy Trump revealed In fact I recounted my people call them up let s start trading this instant Earlier this month Trump publicized the ceasefire in a Truth Social post congratulating both nuclear powers for showing what he called common sense He reported he s also looking to use his deal strategy with Iran which he alleges is looking to make a deal with the United States The president reiterated his stance that Iran will never have a nuclear weapon and noted the approach will either be violent or not violent and stated he would prefer the peaceful option Trump is returning to Washington with what he described as three major venture deals from Saudi Arabia the United Arab Emirates and Qatar amounting to billions of dollars in commitments to the U S commercial sector He also criticized President Joe Biden s approach to the region saying It s a great region but it was never treated properly And it was certainly not treated well by Biden who didn t know he was alive frankly TRUMP ANNOUNCES INDIA AND PAKISTAN AGREED TO CEASEFIRETrump added that he has eased crippling sanctions on Syria claiming the country s leadership requested relief to prove they could change The president also commented on the ongoing war in Ukraine saying Russian President Vladimir Putin is growing tired of the conflict Trump revealed he believes he could pressure Russia into peace talks using economic leverage as he indicates to have done with Iran but only if he has to He criticized Biden for what he views as a failure to prevent the war repeating his longstanding argument that the invasion would not have happened under his administration Toward the end of the interview Trump discussed the investigations into two assassination attempts against him during the campaign season He revealed that while several information remains classified he has been briefed by agents and still has questions TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT SUSPECT NOW FACING FIRST-DEGREE MURDER TERRORISM CHARGES I thought it was strange Trump noted of one suspect The one guy had cell phones okay I have a lot of cell phones but I have like two Discussing the Butler Pennsylvania event where a bullet grazed his ear Trump reported investigators identified peculiar activity on the assailant s phone Three apps Very uncommon apps And two of them were foreign apps he noted CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPTrump says that although he continues to feel uneasy he s been assured by personnel that he is not now at menace They tell me it s fine he noted It's a bit hard to be believe as I get that throbbing feeling I get a little throbbing feeling he added touching on the lingering effects of his injury