Resurgent Trump to Return to Campaign Trail after Shock Shooting

Riding high after a triumphant convention that formalized Donald Trump as the Republican Party’s White House nominee, the ex-president returns to the campaign trail Saturday for his first rally since narrowly escaping assassination.

As Trump descends on Michigan to stump in public with his freshly announced vice-presidential running mate J.D. Vance for the first time, Joe Biden’s campaign is grappling with an internal Democratic Party revolt from senior lawmakers and donors calling on the 81-year-president to quit the race.
Biden is currently off the campaign trail nursing a case of Covid while he and his inner circle engage in political firefighting, as party stalwarts warn that by remaining on the ticket Biden could lead Democrats to defeat of the White House and both chambers of Congress.
Team Trump for its part is effervescent. The Republican National Convention went off without a hitch, and the candidate’s mission of demonstrating absolute control over the party and firing up his base appears accomplished.
Saturday’s rally will occur inside Van Andel’s arena, an enclosed 12,000-capacity sports facility that allows more complete control of a perimeter.
But security nevertheless is expected to be extra tight around Trump in the wake of the most egregious Secret Service failure in decades.
He also makes his debut campaign appearance with vice presidential pick Vance, a US senator from Ohio who, at 39, is literally half Trump’s age and could appeal to younger voters.
Most polls show Trump on course for a return to the Oval Office.
More than 30 House Democrats and four senators have now called on Biden to drop out, and several senior party luminaries including Barack Obama have reportedly urged the president to reconsider his decision to stay in the race.