The Secret Service has denied diverting resources from Donald Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, to defend First Lady Jill Biden, who was speaking at a dinner in Pittsburgh organized by the Italian Sons and Daughters Association. Sky News reports that the accusation comes from a RealClearPolitics reporter who claimed on X that “Secret Service resources were diverted because they followed the agency protocol that applies to Trump as a former president.” A Secret Service spokesman has denied: “We have not diverted resources from the FPOTUS (former President of the United States).”

“I shouldn’t be here, I should be dead”: Donald Trump said in an interview yesterday with the New York Post aboard his plane heading to Milwaukee for the Republican National Convention, where he is expected to be confirmed as the party’s presidential candidate. The former President of the United States then described the failed assassination attempt on his life as a “very surreal experience.”

Donald Trump has landed in Milwaukee to participate in the Republican Party convention which will officially nominate him as the White House candidate on Thursday. This was announced by Eric, his son, on X, posting a video of the landing.

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Upon his arrival, Trump stepped off the plane raising his fist. The gesture, now iconic, which he also did immediately after being shot during the rally in Pennsylvania. The tycoon, in a jacket and shirt, appeared to be in good condition.

Brett Baier of Fox News had a 15-minute phone call with Donald Trump and reported that the tycoon “praised President Biden for the phone call” he made, calling it a “good conversation.”

Trump told Baier – according to his account – that he had just turned his head to look at an infographic on immigration statistics during the rally when he heard something he described as “the biggest mosquito of his life” or “a hornet that seemed to be in his ear.” Instead, it was a bullet.

Trump then told him that he looked at his hand, saw the blood, and fell to the ground. The tycoon then said that when he raised his fist to the crowd, he actually wanted to go back and say a few words to his supporters, but the Secret Service was pushing him off the stage.

Former President Trump’s campaign has announced a list of speakers for the Republican convention starting today in Milwaukee, from rapper and model Amber Rose to controversial anchor Tucker Carlson, to investor and podcaster David Sacks and former advisor Peter Navarro, just released from jail for contempt of Congress.

The list includes UFC’s CEO Dana White, evangelical leader Franklin Graham, country music stars Lee Greenwood and Chris Janson, as well as potential vice-presidents on the GOP ticket. Also speaking will be Trump’s eldest sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, the former’s girlfriend Kimberly Guilfoyle (former Fox News host), and the latter’s wife Lara Trump, co-chair of the Republican Party.

There are no plans for former First Lady Melania or Ivanka. Among the entrepreneurs and activists are Charlie Kirk, Diane Hendricks, Perry Johnson, former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, and Steven and Zach Witkoff. Also included are Tom Homan, former Acting Director of Border Patrol, and Teamsters union president Sean O’Brien. Some of the speakers have sparked controversies in African American and Latino communities, so Trump will have to avoid compromising his efforts to strengthen his grip on this segment of the electorate.

Around 15,000 people, including delegates and guests of the Republican convention in Milwaukee, attended the “Red, White and Brew” party at the Henry Maier Festival Park on the shore of Lake Michigan last night. The convention hospitality committee organized the event.

Country music star Trace Adkins performed during the event. The Secret Service blocked several main roads near the park, including the Hoan Bridge.