Donald Trump at the first rally after the assassination

Donald Trump held a rally in Michigan on Saturday, one of the states expected to be crucial to determine the fate of the November elections, along with his newly appointed candidate for the vice presidential post. This was the first campaign rally since he survived an assassination.

The “was exactly a week ago, even at this hour, even at this minute”, said Mr. Trump remembering the July 13th shooting in Pennsylvania that left him with a bloody ear, killed one of his supporters and left behind two others injured.

I stand before you only with the grace of almighty God”, he said, the white bandage in whose ear is now replaced by a leather face. “I could not be here now”

Former President Trump was with Ohio J.D. Senator. Vance, in the first presentation together since they were named at the Republican National Assembly in Milwaukee.

Michigan is one of the states expected to determine the outcome of the November presidential elections. Mr. Trump won by a margin of just over 10,000 votes in Michigan in 2016, but Democrat Joe Biden won in this state in 2020, with a margin of 154,000 votes.

Mr. Trump's decision to appoint Senator Vance was seen as an attempt to boost support among voters in countries such as Michigan, Pennsylvania, Visconsini, and Ohio, which helped him secure victory in 2016. Senator Vance singled out these states in his speech in the Republican Assembly, pointing to his poor childhood in a small city of Ohio and pledging that he would not forget the members of the working class, among whom he grew up, the <x0 working years whose jobs were moved abroad and whose children were sent to wars”.

After the extraordinary appearance of “dejective” and emotional during the Republican Assembly, Mr. Trump returned to his usual mode of campaigning, insulting his Democrats, repeating the untruth about the 2020 election and mockingly filling his speech, which caused the laughter of an enthusiastic audience.

He also spoke of shooting, showing how he had turned his head to see a sign on illegal crossings at the southern border of the country displayed on a giant screen, thus avoiding the bullet that hit his ear.

I owe my life to immigration”, he said.

Trump distanced from Project 2025

During the rally, Mr. Trump opposed efforts to label it a threat to democracy and an extremist, though he has pledged mass expulsions and has been threatened with punishing his political rivals.

He also tried again to distance himself from the 2025 project of the Heritage Foundation, a policy plan for a second term of Mr. Trump, which was drafted by a host of former administration officials.

Mr. Trump criticised the project, which has become a central element of President Biden's campaign, both “due to the right” and “seribly extreme”, as did radical left “”.

“I don't know anything about”, he insisted.