Overshadowed by the attack, the US Republican Party Convention has officially begun in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Republican Party has officially nominated Donald Trump as its candidate for the US presidential election in November. It is now clear who Donald Trump wants to run with in the elections.
He could not allow “a ‘shooter’ or a potential assassin to force a change in the schedule or anything else.” A man shot the 78-year-old during Trump’s campaign speech in the US state of Pennsylvania on Saturday, slightly injuring his ear. Trump then told newspapers that he was calling for calm and unity. “This is an opportunity to bring the whole country, even the whole world, together,” Trump told the Washington Examiner and the New York Post. The incident shocked him deeply. Only now does he understand what happened (“Reality is just beginning to sink in”).
It is now clear: Trump wants to run for president with JD Vance as his vice-presidential candidate. This was announced on Trump’s social media channel Truth Social.
Who is JD Vance?
James David Vance, 39 – that is his full name – is considered one of the Republican hopefuls for the future. He is currently serving his first term as a senator from Ohio. In 2016, he became known for his best-selling autobiography ‘Hillbilly Elegy: The Story of My Family and a Society in Crisis’, which was also translated into German. In it, he describes a childhood marked by poverty. Vance fought his way up, went to the elite Yale University and eventually became a financial manager. Once a fierce opponent of Trump, whom he sometimes insulted, Vance also switched to the supporter camp in 2018. In 2022, he finally received support from Trump in the election campaign for the Senate. Vance is considered a great supporter of the oil and gas industry. However, he cannot get used to solar energy and electromobility. He is also known for his statements that climate change is not a threat.
The delegates will vote on Trump’s election based on the results of the party’s internal primaries. The process is considered a formality – Trump will certainly get the necessary votes. The highlight of the event will be a speech by Trump on Thursday evening (Friday evening CEST). The event site in Milwaukee is extremely secure due to major security concerns. Even before Trump’s assassination attempt last weekend, the organizers had planned to take very strict security measures.
Trump miraculously survived
Trump survived the attack because he turned away from the crowd at the crucial moment. “I rarely turn away from the crowd. If I hadn’t done that at that moment, we wouldn’t be talking today, right?” He added: “I shouldn’t be here. I should be dead. I should be dead.”
Upon arriving in Milwaukee, Trump raised his clenched fist several times as he exited the plane. “The speech is going to be completely different, completely different than it was two days ago,” he said, referring to his nomination speech.
Trump said in an interview with the New York Post tabloid that he had rejected his originally planned and very aggressive speech for the party convention. “I had an extremely heavy speech, fully prepared, very good, all about the corrupt, terrible government. But I threw it away.” When asked, he explained that the different political positions, for example on the issue of immigration, were of course unchanged, but that he wanted to unite the country through success. The newspaper reported that he suggested that the tone of the election campaign should now continue in a more moderate way. “I want to try to unite the country,” Trump said. “But I don’t know if it’s possible. The people are very divided,” he said.
The call after the assassination attempt of US President Joe Biden, whom he wants to challenge in the November elections, was a good call. Biden was “very nice”, Trump said.
The attack fuels fears of a spiral of political violence
According to the FBI, the shooter in the attack was a 20-year-old man from Pennsylvania. He was killed by security forces. During his attack, the shooter killed a father who was a spectator at the event. Two other participants were seriously injured.
The assassination attempt on the Republican presidential candidate in the middle of the US election campaign has caused shock around the world. The attack has also fueled fears of a spiral of political violence in the US. Republican Trump wants to challenge Democratic incumbent Joe Biden in the presidential election on November 5.
Source: Krone
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