The journalist reveals what the media missed about Trump’s call to voters

In his new book, “Butler: The Untold Story of the Nar Assassination of Donald Trump and the Fight for America’s Heartland”, released a few days before the first birthday of the assassination of President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania, veteran political journalist Salena Zito reveals what she believes to be the only element that the consumer media have missed in their cover of her gatherings.

Based in Pennsylvania told Fox News Digital that when she interviewed Trump during her 2016 race, she noticed how he interacted with “behind the scenes – the concierges, the people who pushed the water bottles, the caterers, the plumbers, the electricians, the people who did the event that never takes place”.

Zito said he saw Trump communicating with American voters with authenticity and curiosity that she had not seen in many politicians.

“I understood at that time that he was not a billionaire who presented himself to the presidency, he was a guy who saw people who are generally not seen by elected officials, in a way that was very unique. Between this and driving across the country and interviewing people, I understood that he was going to win this cycle,” said Zito about the 2016 elections.

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The candidate for the presidency of the time, Donald Trump, arrived to speak during a campaign rally in Sunset Park in Las Vegas, Nevada, on June 9, 2024. (Jim Watson / AFP via Getty Images)

Flash to the presidential campaign in 2024 of Trump.

“What I noticed covering in 2024 was the quantity of young people who were there, who were committed, who were excited, who voted for the first time, and really excited to be part of the greater than oneself” … and they really glorized and became excited by the way President Trump speaks of Americanism and the love of the country and the end of the place “, said Zito.

The journalist who refused to hide during Trump’s assassination attempt reflects on Butler’s rally in a new book

Salena Zito covered her daughter and son -in -law after Donald Trump’s assassination attempt during a rally on July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)

Zito’s book brought the readers back to July 13, 2024, when Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, fired several shots in the crowd of the butler, scrapping Trump’s ear, injuring two people and killing a rally participant, the firefighter Corey Comperatore. She had planned to interview Trump during the butler rally and was just steps when the shots were fired.

But when Zito heard the gunshots, she told Fox News Digital: “I did not go down. There was this inner voice that said to me:” You have a job to do, continue to do it. “” As a journalist, Zito quickly started to commit the historic moment in memory while he was taking place, collecting details that finally led to his book.

Supporters of the president of the time, Donald Trump, attend a rally in Capital One Arena in Washington DC, Sunday, January 19, 2025, the day before the day of the inauguration. (Breanne Deppisch / Fox News Digital)

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Throughout the campaign, Zito said that she could feel this sense of community construction during Trump gatherings. While her supporters have various degrees of support for the President, during the Trump gatherings, she said that they were happy, patriotic and excited.

“Trump gathered them with a place and a rooting and a connective tissue, and he was really, really missed by my profession, but it was so in front of me wherever I went to Pennsylvania.”