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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,

2 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 pushed back against claims he’s a threat to democracy and praised tech billionaire Elon Musk for supporting him.

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

Beyond just a campaign event, the appearance is the first public rally for Trump after narrowly surviving an assassination attempt last week.

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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