Donald Trump Shakes up Republican Convention Following Assassination Attempt

Donald Trump received a warm welcome at the Republican National Convention after surviving an assassination attempt. With a bandaged ear, he entered Milwaukee's Fiserv Forum to chants of 'Fight! Fight! Fight!' and stood alongside his selected running mate, J.D. Vance. The incident has shifted the campaign's focus towards Trump.

Donald Trump made a triumphant entrance during the first night of the Republican National Convention on Monday, receiving a raucous ovation from the party faithful two days after a would-be assassin's bullet grazed his right ear.

Trump walked into the Fiserv Forum in downtown Milwaukee with a thick bandage over the ear as the crowd chanted 'Fight! Fight! Fight' and pumped their fists, a reference to his reaction in the moments after he was wounded. The former president appeared moved by the response as he stood in a box with some of his children and U.S. Senator J.D. Vance, Trump's choice for running mate announced earlier in the day.

The four-day convention opened hours after Trump secured a major legal victory when a federal judge dismissed one of his criminal prosecutions. Trump is due to formally accept the party's nomination in a prime-time speech on Thursday and will face Democratic President Joe Biden in the Nov. 5 election.