Former President Donald Trump on Monday said the image of himself nearly being assassinated in Butler, Pennsylvania, in terms of iconography, was right up there with that of the soldiers during the World War II battle of Iwo Jima raising the American flag.

Appearing on the "Six Feet Under" podcast, hosted by the professional wrestler known as the Undertaker, Mark Calaway, Trump, when asked if he would make a portrait of the photo, said that he gets pictures sent to him all the time, adding, "some are genius, some are terrible."

"Look, it's amazing because I'm alive. It's not supposed to be -- you're not supposed to be alive for iconic. But they say it's the most -- I think Iwo Jima is right there. They took a lot of bullets putting up the flag, right? But I will say that I've never seen anything like it."