Donald Trump returns to the arena this Monday, as the star of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukeewhere his supporters, still shocked by the attack on his life, will officially proclaim him as a candidate for the presidential election in November.
The 78-year-old former president is the Republican hope to beat the Democratic president Joe Biden and return to the White House.
Trump will be anointed by some 50,000 Republicans at a four-day meeting on the banks of the Lake Michigan which will culminate in his acceptance speech on Thursday.
This Monday Trump He may announce who will accompany him on his ticket as vice president, a decision that could influence the rest of the campaign.
For now, the attempted murder who suffered on Saturday in Pennsylvania where he was injured in the right ear, continues to attract attention.
The shooter, who was shot dead, killed one attendee at the event and injured two other people.
Trump who arrived on Sunday Milwaukee a city of 570,000 inhabitants, the main one in the state of Wisconsin said no shooter would change his itinerary.
“I could be dead”
“I shouldn’t be here, I could be dead”said Trump Sunday to the newspaper The New York Post who claimed that the former ruler was wearing a white bandage on his injured ear.
He said that he was saved by turning slightly to the right to read. a chart on migration so the shot hit his ear.
Trump He congratulated the secret service, responsible for presidential security, and the sniper who eliminated the attacker with a shot “between the eyes”.
Leading the polls despite his legal issues and a conviction, the tycoon appears to be heading for victory as Biden81, is receiving calls from his own camp to abandon the race, given his declining mental abilities.
The attack against him could benefit him electorally. Martin Kutlzer resident of Milwaukee and a Republican sympathizer, believes that Trump will win, “why always we tend to unite around those affected.”
Soften the speech
Trump was subjected to a preventive tomography which showed no problems, ABC News reported.
After the violence, everyone is waiting for the acceptance speech Trump which, according to some media, could have a softened language, after having seen death up close.
In fact, several of his supporters in Milwaukee They have vowed to unite and to put aside the mutual insults between Republicans and Democrats.
Republicans blame this attack on “exaggerated” anti-Trump rhetoric. Trump as fears of growing political violence are rekindled in a country seen by its regional peers as a exemplary democracy.
President Biden He said this Sunday that “There is no place for this type of violence in USA”, and called on the country to “join”.
The premises used for the convention are protected by the police and the secret Service with large metal mesh fences in the streets to restrict traffic.
“We are fully prepared and have a plan of action. comprehensive security and we are ready to begin”said Audrey Gibson-Cicchino assistant special agent of the Secret Service.
All about Trump
Much of the convention is modeled after Trump with his campaign slogan “Make America Great Again” and images of him, in a clear demonstration that he is in control.
The billionaire businessman has installed people he trusts in the leadership of the party, including his daughter-in-law Lara Trump as co-chair of the Republican National Committee driving away dissent.
After being defeated by Biden in the 2020 elections, Trump He has spent the past few years working to return to power, crushing rivals within his own party or bringing them over to his side.
The lady will express it Melania Trump will also be at the convention, although a speech is not planned.
The main topics of this meeting will also be: purchasing power, immigration, crime and the country’s security.
His vice president
The favorites in the race to be the running mate of Trump must take the floor at the convention.
The former president appears to have focused on two senators JD Vance, of Ohio apparent favorite, and the Cuban-American Marco Rubio of Florida.
The governor of North Dakota, Doug Burgum who initially ran against Trump for the presidential nomination before lining up.
Whatever his choice, the Democratic senator Michael Bennet admitted last week on CNN that “Trump is on track to win this election, perhaps because overwhelming majority and take with him the Senate and the House of Representatives.”