One year after an attempt to assassinate Donald Trump, the US president has said that investigating agencies have not found anything “abnormal” about the man who tried to kill him. Trump made these comments during a press meeting with the President of the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., in Washington, DC.

The shooter, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, had opened fire from the roof of a building during Trump’s election rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, in July last year. He fired eight shots. One bullet slightly hit Trump’s ear, and another killed a person attending the rally. Crooks was later shot dead by a counter-sniper from the US Secret Service.

When a reporter asked Trump why the public knows more about two people seen at a Coldplay concert than about the shooter, the president responded strongly.

"I find it a very interesting world that we know more about two people at a Coldplay concert just hours after that viral video than we know of Thomas Crooks one year after attempting to assassinate you. What is holding back the investigation on Thomas Crooks?" the reporter asked.

Trump replied, “They've told me things, and they really say they haven't found anything that abnormal.” He praised the Secret Service for protecting him but also pointed out their mistake.

“I would say this: the Secret Service was very brave because they, you know, they were right there and they jumped on me. They made a mistake. They should have had somebody on that roof, and they should've had communication with the local police, who also, I mean, they did a very good job, but they made some mistakes," he said.

Trump also described Crooks as “just a nutjob looking to do this.”

"Look, anything can happen, but I think we have the best people anywhere in the world right now. I think they've learnt," he added.

Crooks had an associate degree in engineering science, worked at a nursing home, and was a member of a shooting club for a year. Still, many details about his background remain unclear even after one year.

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