Article continues below advertisementDonald Trump addressed the nation shortly after being rushed out of the White House Correspondents' Dinner following reports of a gunman inside the venue's lobby. "[The] gunman was taken down by brave members of the Secret Service. I put out the tape showing this violence that this thug attacked our Constitution. They really did a great job," Trump, 79, said in a press conference following the Saturday, April 25, event. "One officer was shot but saved by the fact that he was wearing a very good bulletproof vest. The vest did the job.