Pennsylvania (USA) : Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Saturday (October 5), returned to the rural Pennsylvania site where he was nearly assassinated, rallying a large crowd in the critical battleground state one month before the Nov. 5 election. “As I was saying,”
Trump said as he appeared on stage, pretending he was resuming the speech that was interrupted when he was grazed in the ear by a bullet on July 13. In mid-speech Trump called up on stage a powerful ally, Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and owner of social media platform X.
It was his first time at a Trump campaign event since he endorsed the former president after July 13. Musk literally jumped up on stage with his arms held high. Trump saluted firefighter Corey Comperatore, who was shot and killed by the shooter, and two other people who were wounded.
The crowd appeared to be in the tens of thousands, many wearing Trump regalia. Some chanted the “fight, fight, fight” slogan Trump used to rally his followers moments after he was shot.
July 13 was the first of two attempts on Trump’s life. On Sept. 15, a gunman hid undetected for nearly 12 hours at Trump’s golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida, with plans to kill him, prosecutors have said, but was thwarted by a U.S. Secret Service agent patrolling the course ahead of Trump.