Former President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, has officially accepted the nomination of his party, the Republican Party, otherwise called the Grand Old Party (GOP). The former president was in defiant mode as the addressed a room full of enthusiastic supporters on the final day of a convention that started on Monday in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
The former President who is running for office for the third time after a successful campaign in 2016 and a failed bid in 2020 hit some of his old notes including promising to bring back jobs and his now popular slogan “Make America Great Again (MAGA).”
“Under our leadership, the United States will be respected again,” he said. “No nation will question our power. No enemy will doubt our might. Our borders will be totally secure. Our economy will soar. We will return law and order to our streets, patriotism to our schools, and importantly, we will restore peace, stability, and harmony all throughout the world.”
Trump said it was the only time he’d ever address the incident, “because it’s actually too painful to tell.”
Trump described his remarks at the rally – he was mid-speech at the time, boasting of his administration’s efforts to secure the southern border – when he heard “a loud whizzing sound, and felt something hit me really, really, hard in my right ear.”
“I said to myself, ‘Wow, what was that?’ It can only be a bullet.”
Trump praised the Secret Service agents “who pounced on top of me so that I would be protected.”
“There was blood pouring everywhere, but in a certain way, I felt very safe because I had God on my side.”
Trump noted how close the sniper’s bullet came to hitting its target.
“I’m not supposed to be here tonight,” he said. “I’m not supposed to be here.”
“Yes, you are! Yes, you are!” the crowd erupted.
Trump later led the crowd in a 15-second moment of silence for Corey Comperatore, the 50-year-old engineer, volunteer firefighter and father who was killed while diving on his family to protect them at the rally.
