Trump calls Vegas chaos a ‘miracle’

PRESIDENT Trump on Tuesday alluded to impending talks about gun control laws following the Las Vegas massacre, though he added no clarity about whether the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history had moved his stance on the issue.

“We’ll be talking about gun laws as time goes by,” Trump told reporters outside the White House before boarding a flight for Puerto Rico, where he surveyed damage from Hurricane Maria. He is planning to visit Las Vegas on Wednesday.

Trump called the shooting suspect, 64-year-old Stephen Paddock, a “sick man, a demented man.”

“Lot of problems, I guess,” Trump said. “We’re looking into him very, very seriously.”

Trump said that “what happened in Las Vegas is in many ways a miracle,” because of how quickly police responded to the shooting. He said first responders did an “amazing job.”

In the two days since the concert bloodbath, which killed at least 58 people and left more than 500 injured, Trump has not spoken about the epidemic of mass shootings in the U.S.

Talking points from the White House to Trump surrogates obtained by NBC say “when it comes to gun control, let’s be clear: new laws won’t stop a madman committed to harming innocent people. Let’s gather the facts before we make sweeping policy arguments for curtailing the Second Amendment.”