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Hidden reason Ronald Reagan survived assassin’s bullet – from the man who shot him

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President Ronald Reagan was famous for many things, including: having the gumption to stare down the Soviet Union, helping bring the Cold War to an end, and living to tell of an assassin’s bullet.

In all three of those cases, Reagan’s most powerful weapons were not limited to the US military arsenal.

They also included his trademark California charm.

A new revelation has come more than 40 years after John Hinckley Jr. shot President Reagan outside of the Washington Hilton.

The near-assassination has been in the news due to the attack at the White House correspondents dinner this summer, where President Donald Trump and his Cabinet members were targeted at the same hotel as Reagan.

In light of those events, Hinckley, who was released from a mental institution in 2022, recently sat down with Mark Joseph, podcast host and the producer of the biopic movie “Reagan,” which will be re-released on Sept. 25 in honor of America’s 250th birthday.

What Hinckley shared during the interview is shocking — yet shouldn’t be surprising.

Hinckley admits he passed up the first opportunity to take what would have likely been a fatal shot at Reagan as he entered the hotel on that fateful day, March 30,........

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