Donald Trump was greeted like a hero on Monday at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, marking his first public appearance since surviving an assassination attempt. The former US president, sporting a white bandage on his ear, waved to a crowded arena and was met with a standing ovation from enthusiastic supporters, just two days after the failed attack at a rally in Pennsylvania.
Trump, aged 78, did not address the convention, but the arena burst into loud applause and chants of 'USA! USA!' as he stood beside his recently announced running mate, Senator J.D. Vance, and enjoyed the adulation. After observing the convention floor, which was packed with over 2,400 delegates, Trump joined Vance in a VIP box that also housed House Republican Byron Donalds and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson.
Dressed in a blue suit and his signature red tie, Trump smiled and clapped as various officials, guests, and others took the stage to speak at the convention, expressing gratitude to their party leader or lauding his escape from a would-be assassin's attack. Trump is scheduled to formally accept his party's nomination as the flagbearer to contest President Joe Biden in the November 5 election on Thursday.
