India, April 26 -- Donald Trump disclosed what First Lady Melania Trump communicated to him immediately following the gunfire at the Washington Hilton Hotel during the White House Correspondents' Dinner.

"It's always shocking when something like this happens," Trump stated during a press briefing at the White House in the West Wing less than an hour after the incident.

"The fact that we were sitting next to each other, the first lady on my right, and I heard a noise," the POTUS said, noting that they speculated "it was either a tray or a bullet."

Trump stated that Melania Trump instantly identified the sound as a "bad noise," remarking that it was quite a "traumatic experience for her."

"Melania was very cognizant," he stated.

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