The conversation about Trump also saw Ventura suggest that the President had staged the assassination attempt in July 2024 by Thomas Crooks. Crooks was shot dead by Secret Service snipers after killing one victim and injuring two others.

Trump was wounded on the upper side of his right ear. Morgan said he believed Trump was heroic for getting back up and saying “fight, fight, fight,” after the attempt on his life. To which Ventura said: “Oh yeah, right, right. You ever hear of a blade job?”

Morgan asked whether that was a suggestion that the shooting was staged, and Ventura said, “I don’t know. Where’s his scar today?”

Morgan then reiterated that he thought Trump was heroic on that day, with Ventura replying then that Trump had “accomplished what he wanted out of you guys.”

Ventura also said that he was working on something involving him potentially going to Washington to confront Trump directly, though he declined to share details. He went on to cut something akin to a promo about it. 

“We withstood the onslaught of the Gestapo in Minnesota… Well, now Minnesota is secure. We’ve repelled the onslaught from Trump. Now it’s time for us to go on the offense. Maybe it’s time to send the Navy SEAL to Washington. Maybe it’s time for a showdown between the Vietnam veteran and the draft dodger.”

Morgan pressed if that was meant to be a physical confrontation, to which Ventura circled back to the Hall of Fame: “He’s in the Hall of Fame. Let’s both get in the ring. After all, he’s in the Hall of Fame, isn’t he? Even though he’s never, ever had a match. Do you think he’d have the guts to do that?”