Trump hosting first rally since assassination attempt as shooter’s drone recon comes to light: Latest

Donald Trump will appear 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 will take place 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.

Beyond just a campaign event, the rally is the latest public event for Trump after narrowly surviving an assassination attempt.

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

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

So far, despite intense pressure from his own party to move aside, Joe Biden remains the Democratic candidate for 2024.

That hasn’t stopped the Trump campaign from preparing for a battle with Kamala Harris if she ends up taking the top spot on the ticket.

The Trump campaign is reportedly preparing to go to war with the vice-president and former US senator for California, compiling opposition research and drafting plans for attack ads, according to a report inThe New York Times.

For the moment, however, Biden is still in the top spot, weighing criticisms from his fellow Democrats and recovering from a case of Covid, as Katie Hawkinson reports.

If president does drop out, the Democrats could hold an open convention to nominate a new ticket

Many high-profile Democrats are calling on Joe Biden to drop out of the 2024 presidential campaign and yield the stage to someone else, but Republican vice-presidential candidate JD Vance took things one step further on Saturday.

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