Donald Trump announced Sunday that he will travel to Milwaukee for the Republican National Convention, where he will be formally nominated for president later this week, despite surviving an assassination attempt that has further deepened the already intense political divide in the United States.
Democratic President Joe Biden said he has ordered an investigation into how a 20-year-old man carrying an AR-15-style rifle got close enough to shoot Trump from a rooftop. Trump, as a former president, is entitled to lifelong protection from the U.S. Secret Service.
Trump, 78, was holding a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, a key state in the upcoming election, on Nov. 5 when he was shot, grazing his right ear and causing blood to flow from his face. His campaign said he is doing well, with no major injuries other than a wound to the top of his right ear.
The Republican National Convention will begin on Monday in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where Trump will receive his party's formal nomination. Michael Whatley, chairman of the Republican National Committee, told AFP that Trump's formal nomination will be for the post. Fox News Authorities are working to secure the site on Sunday, and extensive security measures have been planned for months.
“I was going to delay my trip to Wisconsin and the Republican National Convention by two days, but I just decided that I cannot allow a 'shooter' or potential assassin to force me to change my schedule or anything else. Therefore, I will be leaving for Milwaukee as planned,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social website on Sunday. He said he would leave in the afternoon.
