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Trump boasts about Musk’s $45m donations and says he took ‘bullet for democracy’ at rally: Latest

By Joe Sommerlad,Gustaf Kilander,Katie Hawkinson,Namita Singh and Oliver O'Connell,

3 days ago

Donald Trump appeared alongside JD Vance for a campaign rally on Saturday, the pair’s first joint appearance since the Ohio senator was unveiled as Trump’s running mate at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee , Wisconsin .

The campaign event kicked off at 5pm local time in Grand Rapids, Michigan, a crucial swing state that Trump won in 2016 and Biden clawed back in the 2020 presidential election.

From the stage, Trump praised tech billionaire Elon Musk for supporting him and pushed back against claims a Trump 2024 campaign is a threat to democracy, while reflecting on the recent assassination attempt against him at a Pennsylvania campaign rally.

“Last week I took a bullet for democracy,” he said. “What did I do against democracy?”

Ahead of the event, JD Vance, in a post on X, called on Biden to resign from the White House.

Today’s rally follows Trump’s high-profile appearance Thursday at the RNC, where he gave a rambling 93-minute keynote speech .

Watch the rally here , via Independent TV.

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