“I prayed for Trump's protection at rally before assassination attempt” — Jason Sharron, Ukrainian priest in Pennsylvania

Jason Sharron, a priest of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, pastor of the Holy Trinity Parish in Carnegie, Pennsylvania, shared details of his conversation with President Donald Trump on the day of the assassination attempt

He told this in an interview with Espreso journalist Yuri Fizer.

The journalist asked Sharron whether it could be said that God saved Donald Trump's life through his (Sharron's - ed.) prayer. After all, Saint James, in his epistle, chapter five, verse 16, writes that "the prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective."

"You know, we priests are worthless servants. We are like vessels of clay that God can use and dispose of as He wills. When we are ordained, we make a promise to serve God as He desires, not as we wish.

Yes, I believe that through the uplifted hands of a man of prayer, great things can happen, and I believe that is what happened on that particular day. I am not ashamed to say that. I told people in the crowd as much," Sharron said. 

He added that people asked him why he left a little earlier, even before the shooting.

"I explained it in the presence of the Secret Service and the media. I told them, "My prayer, my job, is done," which was to pray for his protection. But their job was to continue praying because prayer saves people, and prayer saves nations. I told them they had to pray because there were people who wanted to shoot him," the priest explained. 

Sharron told about his conversation with Trump.  

"I can't tell you everything we discussed, but I can say that we spoke about Ukraine. It was a very brief conversation, lasting maybe two minutes. 

I told him: "Mr. Trump, you were not given enough credit for what you did for Ukraine during your first administration. You provided Javelin missiles, which were instrumental in Ukraine's defense during the first week of the war. You gave them access to training with NATO groups. You also provided smaller ships for the Black Sea. You did many things like this, and I am grateful to you for that. I would ask that you consider extending and continuing the same policy of supporting Ukraine in your second administration. He responded, "Thank you." Then he added, "If I were president, this war never would have happened. But to have peace, we need strength. That's what we want – we want America to be strong again so that our allies will be secure." And that was basically our conversation," the priest of the Ukrainian Catholic Church summed up.

Attempt on Trump's life in Pennsylvania

On July 13, an assassination attempt was made on U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump during a rally in Pennsylvania. After the sound of gunfire, he was evacuated from the stage with traces of blood on his face.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States of America has confirmed that presidential candidate Donald Trump was hit by a bullet or part of one during the rally.