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Wearing bandages in sympathy
You may have seen pictures of people wearing bandages in sympathy with Donald Trump, whose ear was wounded during the assassination attempt on Saturday.
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Donald Trump Jr discusses the assassination attempt
Trump’s son revisits the assassination attempt at the weekend and pays tribute to the fallen firefighter Corey Comperatore.
His father showed “for all the world” that “the next American president has the heart of a lion”.
Donald Trump jr, right, and his daughter Kai Madison.Credit: AP
“When he stood up with blood on his face and the flag at his back, the world saw a spirit that could never be broken,” Trump Jr said. “And that is the true spirit of America. America knows what it’s like to be down. We know what it’s like to be confused and afraid.”
Trump Jr. concluded by referencing his father again on Saturday. “He may have moved to the ground but he stood back up,” he said. “He raised his fist in the air and what did he say?” The crowd echoed back “Fight! Fight! Fight!”
The younger Trump references the now-iconic pictures of his father with blood on his face during the shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania. It shows that Donald Trump has the “heart of a lion”, Donald jr says.
He also introduces his own daughter Kai Madison, who tells a rapt audience that her grandfather plays golf with her, and likes to talk about the game too.
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Rupert Murdoch at the RNC
A sometime critic of Trump, the retired (but still powerful) media tycoon Rupert Murdoch is at the convention.
Rupert Murdoch watches during the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.Credit: AP
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Something for everyone
And after the grieving families of soldiers ... a group of fraternity brothers, who tangled with protesters trying to take down a US flag during Gaza protests in April.
The group made national headlines for holding up the US flag on a flagpole.
Families of US soldiers who died in Afghanistan speak
With camouflage as the backdrop, families of deceased service members have taken to the stage in Milwaukee.
They are blaming the death of their loved ones on Joe Biden, who ordered the final pull-out of US forces from Afghanistan in 2021.
Donald Trump looks on as they speak.
Herman Lopez and Alicia Lopez made an emotional appearance at the convention with other Gold Star family members.Credit: AP
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Secret Service head to testify on Trump shooting
Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle has agreed to testify before the US House of Representatives Oversight Committee on July 22 for a hearing related to the shooting of former president Donald Trump at a rally, the panel said on Wednesday.
Security at the Republican presidential candidate’s rally in Pennsylvania has been under scrutiny after the former president was shot on Saturday at the event. The FBI said it was probing the shooting as an assassination attempt.
Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle is under fire for her agency’s handling of the Donald Trump shooting.Credit: AP
The shooting has raised serious concerns about how the suspect was able to access a nearby rooftop with a direct line of sight to where Trump was speaking.
Trump has since said he was doing well and has appeared at the Republican National Convention this week but the shooting left his face streaked with blood after his right ear was hit. A rally attendee was killed in the shooting, two others were wounded and the suspect is dead.
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By Chris Zappone
Hello, I’m Chris Zappone...
I’ll be taking over from Sherryn Groch for the next couple of hours of live coverage of the 2024 Republican National Convention.
A big thanks to Sherryn.
Soon we’ll get to hear from Donald Trump’s young and outspoken vice president nominee running mate J.D. Vance, on the day when Republicans focus on their vision for American foreign policy.
Man’s world: Trump swaggers to his seat
Trump has swaggered in to take his seat at the convention to applause and James Brown’s track It’s A Man’s Man’s Man’s World, ahead of his new VP pick J.D. Vance taking the stage soon.
Trump, still with a bandaged ear, walks in to cheers on the third day of the convention.Credit: AP
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In pictures
As the spotlight waits for Trump’s new heir apparent J.D. Vance to take the stage, foreign policy hawks are out in force for the third day of the Republican Convention, under the day’s theme: “Make America Strong Again”.
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