On Thursday, former President Donald Trump acknowledged that he had not been informed about a possible threat from a suspect who had threatened his life in Arizona, nor was he aware of the ongoing manhunt to locate the individual.

Trump addressed reporters following his speech on border security, where he emphasized the rise in violent crime that has sadly resulted from nearly uncontrolled illegal immigration and the trafficking of both drugs and humans across the easily breached southern border.

“For the Daily Mail, today there was a manhunt going on in this county, somebody made death threats to you,” he said. “Did you hear about that before coming?”

The former president replied, saying he hadn’t heard about it.  The reporter then pressed Trump further, saying, “wWhat are your thoughts coming down here? Some people told me it’s dangerous for you to be here.”

“I’ve heard it’s dangerous, but I also have a job to do,” Trump said. “I heard it’s very dangerous, I hadn’t heard about that. They probably want to keep it from me.”

“Thank you for telling me,” he added with a laugh, looking over his shoulder and joking to his Secret Service detail, “Let’s get outta here, right now. No, thank you very much for saying, but no, and I have great respect for Secret Service, the job they do — including a month and a half ago when they were jumping on top of me with bullets flying right at them, so … no, I haven’t heard that, but I’m not that surprised. The reason is because I want to do things that are very bad for the bad guys.”