After the assassination attempt that has the Democrats completely nonplussed, Donald Trump has rewritten his convention speech that will call a new effort at national unity in a country further polarised by the shooting.
In Milwaukee, as the Republican National Convention kicks off the delegates are set to officially nominate Trump for the presidency.
In an exclusive interview with the Washington Examiner, a day after being nicked in his right ear by a sniper's bullet, Trump said he wanted to take advantage of the historic moment and draw the country together.
He told the Examiner: "The speech I was going to give on Thursday was going to be a humdinger." "Had this not happened, this would have been one of the most incredible speeches" aimed mostly at the policies of President Joe Biden.
"Honestly, it's going to be a whole different speech now." He has switched, he said, from planning to excite his voter base to one that demonstrates his belief that the attack on him at a rally in Pennsylvania had changed the election campaign entirely.
Trump noted that he was saved from death because he turned from the crowd to look at a screen showing data he was using in his speech.
"That reality is just setting in," he told the Examiner.
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