WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump recognized nearly 100 recipients of the Purple Heart at the White House on Thursday, including several service members who gave him their own medals after an attempt on his life at a Pennsylvania campaign rally.

Three men who sent Trump their medals after the 2024 shooting in Butler attended the event in the East Room to mark National Purple Heart Day, according to a White House official.

Trump opened the event by noting that dozens of Purple Heart recipients were on hand and offered “everlasting thanks to you and your unbelievable families."

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins and Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, also attended, along with Chris LaCivita, Trump's former campaign co-manager

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