2024-07-15 03:52:35
After an assassination attempt at a campaign event in the state of Pennsylvania, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump called for calm and unity. Trump told the magazine Washington Examiner, he wanted to capture a “historic moment” and bring the country together. The attack on him completely changed the presidential election campaign.
Regarding the assassination attempt, Trump said he was only now truly understanding what had happened. He only survived the attack because he turned away from the crowd at the crucial moment during his speech. “I rarely turn away from the crowd. If I hadn’t done that at that moment, we wouldn’t be talking today, would we?”
Trump comes to Wisconsin for the Republican Party Convention
Trump said his decision to raise his hand as the Secret Service escorted him off the stage right after the assassination attempt was to show people he was okay. He also wanted to convey that “America continues, that we are moving forward, that we are strong.”
Trump is to be formally nominated as a presidential candidate at the Republican convention in Wisconsin on Thursday. When he arrived in Milwaukee, he raised his clenched fist in the air several times as he exited the plane. “The speech will be completely different, completely different than two days ago,” he said, referring to his nomination speech.
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