Trump's return to rally stage met with prayers, excitement and confusion over JD Vance

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

78% : "Trump won" and "Unvaxxed and Proud" were two of the most common slogans on T-shirts, hats and flags.
71% : Standing in line, Isaiah White, a 25-year-old from Hudsonville, Michigan, said he was "very excited" for another chance to see Trump.
68% : "Attard was glad to see Trump back on the campaign trail so soon after an attempt on his life.
63% : "I'll support him because Trump supports him," Betsy Gatchell Goff said.
58% : Perhaps in keeping with a party that has fully unified around Trump after the shocking attempt on his life, most people seemed excited to be at the rally.
54% : Bill Huizenga, the US representative for Michigan's fourth district, said Trump was in Grand Rapids to show the world how "the blue wall" of midwestern states was "going to crumble like a cookie".
47% : Joe Attard, a worker at a factory that makes sheds, made the drive from Southgate, Michigan, to Grand Rapids hoping to catch a glimpse of Trump, who was appearing in the crucial battleground state after being formally anointed as the Republican presidential candidate and hitting the campaign trail with his new running mate, Ohio senator JD Vance.
43% : Betsy Gatchell Goff, who came to Van Andel Arena from her hometown of Benton Harbor, Michigan, said she thought Trump was "a unifying figure for our country".
38% : The last time Trump came to Van Andel Arena, White got in line too late and had to watch on the Jumbotron outside the venue.
31% : Gatchell Goff hoped that with Trump back in office, "we'll have a president who does more than sleep all day", a disparaging reference to Joe Biden.

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