President Donald Trump’s Response to Assassination Attempt Was an ‘Utter Christ-Like Moment’ of ‘Self-Sacrifice’ Compiled By Televangelist HB Morgan Conservative media personality and former Deputy Assistant to the President, Sebastian Gorka, sparked controversy by suggesting that President Donald Trump's reaction to an assassination attempt against him was an act of "self-sacrifice" and "Christ-like." Gorka delivered these remarks during his address at a special Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Summit on Ending Christian Persecution held at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., on October 30, 2025. Gorka characterized the moment of the attempted assassination and its aftermath as "the real moment" when Trump secured the 2024 presidential election. The ‘Utterly Christian Moment’ at McDonald’s: Gorka recounted an interaction that took place at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s drive-thru in the weeks leading up to the election. Trump, while serving customers, encountered an Asian immigrant who told him, "Thank you for doing everything you do for nobodies like us." Trump's immediate response was to assure the man, "No one in America is a nobody." Following this, the immigrant’s wife then thanked Trump for "taking a bullet for us," a direct reference to the assassination attempt against the then-presidential candidate in Butler, Pennsylvania, in July 2024. Trump simply responded, "Yeah, I guess I did." It was this specific exchange that Gorka highlighted, describing Trump’s acknowledgment of the event as an "utterly Christian moment." He elaborated, declaring it was an "utter Christ-like moment" rooted in Trump's demonstration of "self-sacrifice" by enduring the attack on behalf of his supporters. Gorka further praised the action as having "evinced the heart of a lion and a lion like Aslan," referring to the symbolic representation of Jesus Christ in C.S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia series. A Civilization to Save: Gorka’s remarks placed the discussion of Christian persecution and threats to religious liberty within the larger context of a global battle for civilization. He connected his sentiments to a speech Trump delivered in Warsaw, Poland, early in his first term, which posed the fundamental question: "The greatest question of the age is whether or not we in the West have the will to fight and defeat those which wish to destroy our civilization." Gorka identified the threats to this "Judeo-Christian civilization"—which he called the "ultimate form of human existence known to man"—as being pervasive, citing "jihadis," the cartels responsible for massive drug-related American deaths, and "communists" both abroad and on American college campuses. He claimed that the unifying factor among all these adversaries is their "denial of objective truth." Gorka concluded this line of reasoning by asserting, "God is truth," which necessitates that any opposing force—including communists, atheists, or anti-Americans—must ultimately "deny his existence." Concluding the summit, Gorka offered the image of the McDonald's drive-thru and Trump's "self-sacrifice" as an inspiring thought for the audience during their "dark moments." His final call to action stressed the urgency of the moment, reminding the attendees, "We have a civilization to save." Note: The article also acknowledged that some supporters have long compared Donald Trump to biblical figures such as Nehemiah, Samson, or Cyrus the Great, while critics frequently question the appropriateness of such comparisons. The TBNM TV Network Website is Exclusively LIVE on WordPress via Click on LINK below https://targetmedianewsblog.wordpress.com Courtesy of: Target Blog News Media TBNM Television Network Digital Library™