On Saturday, his new running mate, Ohio Sen. Joined JD Vance.
The two were greeted by a packed crowd at an indoor arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Here’s what happened:
New operating system: “I’ve got to be honest, it’s still a little weird to see my name on those signs,” said Vance, who roused the crowd ahead of Trump’s remarks, pointing to Trump-Vance campaign materials in the audience and wafting behind him.
After becoming vice president, Vance defended his loyalty to America Kamala Harris said He will only be loyal to Trump and not to our country.
Prior to the vice presidency, Harris was the district attorney of San Francisco, the attorney general of California, and then the state’s junior senator.
Vance then came back out and introduced Trump to the roaring crowd.
In rally firing: “I took a bullet for democracy,” Trump said, wearing a small, brown bandage over his ear.
Speaking for nearly two hours, the former president thanked the staff at Butler Memorial Hospital, where he was taken minutes after the shooting at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Rep. Ronny Jackson, a former White House physician, said Saturday that Trump is “recovering as expected” from the ear shot. Investigations into the shooter at the rally and the handling of security at the event are ongoing.
In his first joint interview with Vance, Trump mentioned that he noticed someone on the roof before the assassination attempt at his rally last weekend.
Supported by Musk: Trump said he spoke with tech billionaire Elon Musk before arriving at the Grand Rapids rally. The former president said Musk did not mention giving the pro-Trump super PAC about $45 million a month to the Wall Street Journal.
About world leaders: Trump said Chinese President Xi Jinping and other world leaders wrote to him after the assassination attempt. He said he was “a great man who got along well with President Xi,” adding that he also worked well with other world leaders. America on the World Stage.
The Biden campaign’s response: President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign blasted Trump’s comments at the rally, saying Trump was “only focused on himself.”
“He spreads the same lies, runs the same campaign of revenge and revenge, talks about the same failed policies, and – as usual – focuses only on himself. The only commonality we see today is between Donald Trump, JT Vance and their Project 2025 agenda.” Biden campaign spokesman Ammar Moussa said in a statement.
Project 2025 refers to a policy blueprint developed by a conservative think tank. Democrats have held onto some of the document’s controversial right-wing proposals, while Trump has tried to distance himself from the platform, even though dozens of members of his former administration had a hand in its creation.
