Unity calls are a distant memory as giddy Trump supporters watch him go back on the attack

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : Hot off the heels of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Trump was introduced on stage by his newly anointed vice president pick JD Vance.
54% : After the dramatic attempt on his life, Trump basked in the deafening screams of his thousands of supporters in Grand Rapids, Michigan, as he regaled them with stories about the attempt on his life.
49% : Recent polls put Trump ahead in the important battleground state.
45% : Meanwhile, industrious merchandise sellers were flogging the latest Trump wares outside, including freshly printed T-shirts emblazoned with pictures of Trump pumping his fist in the air in the seconds after the shooting last week.
40% : "I'd love to run against her," Trump told the crowd.
39% : Appearing unfazed by the attempt on his life, Trump, 78, lapped up the chants of his name as he sauntered on stage.
39% : The pair, who were both dressed in $20 "fight, fight, fight" T-shirts they had bought outside the venue, said they were only allowed to drive the four-and-a-half hours to the rally from Noblesville, Indiana, if they promised they wouldn't sit behind Trump.
34% : Saturday's rally was held in one of the vital blue wall swing states Joe Biden needs to retain if he is to beat Trump this November.
33% : Throughout his speech Trump also derided the state's Democrat governor Gretchen Whitmer, whose name has been floated among possible contenders to replace Mr Biden on the ballot.
29% : Trump said, prompting a rapturous laugh from the audience.
28% : "Last week I took a bullet for democracy," Trump said to a rapturous applause from the audience, who waved a sea of placards emblazoned Trump and Vance.
28% : Dressed in his usual armour of a red tie and navy suit, Trump flitted between mocking the Democrats for their attempted coup to remove Mr Biden from the ballot, to declaring his "love" for Elon Musk.
26% : Along with making sombre remarks about the "evil attack" which killed former fire chief Corey Comperatore, 50, who Trump hailed as a "hero", the former president also cracked several jokes during an off-script riff about the attack.
21% : Buoyed by the sea of red MAGA hats, Trump also paused while attacking Bidenomics to joke about his "very severe combover"."That's a severe sucker.
4% : Trump branded his election rival Mr Biden "crooked" and a "sick, weak, pathetic man" and called Kamala Harris "crazy" and "nuts".

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