The ecstasy of the ex-president’s supporters after the “miracle” of his assassination attempt

With a bandage on his ear, tears in his eyes and a raised fist, the former president was officially nominated as the Republican candidate at the party’s convention in Milwaukee on Monday.

Times are good for Donald Trump. The billionaire miracle worker is officially the Republican candidate for the American presidential election. Designated at the party convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to the cheers of delegates on Monday, July 15, he announced his running mate, Ohio Senator JD Vance. All this while the Florida judge has canceled all proceedings against him in the case of the confidential documents he took with him when he left the White House. His most ardent supporters are euphoric.

They were already loyal to him, they are in ecstasy since the image of his bloody face. Ronny Jackson was Donald Trump’s doctor at the White House. He changed his bandage on Monday night.

“It took a bit of the top of his ear off, he was very lucky. If he hadn’t turned his head at the exact second he did, the bullet would have killed him.”

Ronny Jackson

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Industrialist Mike Lindell, who made his fortune in pillows, is close to the former president and is a notorious conspiracy theorist, and sees it as nothing more than a sign from the afterlife. “I sent him a message to tell him that I loved him and that I was praying for him. It’s a miracle, something divine, he assures. Everybody loves Donald Trump. Some just don’t know it yet. I think this convention will be the most watched.”

And the attempted attack could even mobilize voters who have so far stayed away from the polls, according to Brian Glenn. The host of the show Saving America (“Save America”) knows the former president well, having interviewed him several times: “There’s a segment of people who have never been interested in politics, who have just never voted. This got their attention. They thought, ‘My God, here’s a man who got shot. He’s doing it because he loves this country.’ Maybe it’ll give some independent voters, or even moderate Democrats, pause.”he says.

“The election is over.”

Sharon Anderson, Donald Trump fan

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In the packed arena, the billionaire’s supporters chanted “USA! USA! USA!”or “Fight! “Fight! Fight!” (“Fight!”) — the same words that Donald Trump shouted with a raised fist and a bloodied face as he stood up after being shot Saturday. An image that went around the world. In the main hall, alongside the Tennessee delegates, Sharon Anderson has attended 53 Donald Trump rallies since 2016: “We cannot lose Donald Trump, whether it’s in the voting booth or by gunfire. We cannot lose him. When a man who was shot, who I already thought was a great leader, stands up and says, ‘Fight!’ That’s my leader, that’s my president.”

In any case, the Trump camp seems more mobilized than ever: Donald Trump will accept the party’s formal investiture during a spectacular evening on Thursday, July 18, punctuated by the release of thousands of red, white and blue balloons, the high point of an already historic week.