Biden gives his first public comments on Trump picking J.D. Vance as his VP ... and reveals to the Daily Mail if he has 'faith' in the Secret Service

President Joe Biden gave his first nationalist comments connected J.D. Vance, on Monday and talked to DailyMail.com astir whether he has religion successful his Secret Service detail.

On his measurement to Las Vegas for a two-day run trip, Biden stopped to talk to reporters connected nan tarmac astatine Joint Base Andrews. He said of Donald Trump's vice statesmanlike pick: 'A clone of Trump connected nan issues. I don't spot immoderate difference.'

And erstwhile DailyMail.com asked him if he had religion successful his Secret Service detail, Biden said: 'Yes one do.'

The president has defended nan Secret Service, who are being criticized for letting a shooter get connected a tile truthful adjacent to nan information perimeter astatine Trump's rally, allowing a clear changeable astatine nan erstwhile president. 

Biden had a much visible information beingness pinch him during his recreation to nan West Coast. Four agents flanked Marine One erstwhile it landed astatine Joint Base Andrews and nan agents formed a tight perimeter astir nan president erstwhile he landed astatine Harry Reid International Airport successful Las Vegas.

Trump, meanwhile, joined nan Republican National Convention connected Monday night. He walked retired connected shape to cheers and calls of 'fight, fight, fight.'

The erstwhile president had a achromatic bandage connected his correct ear. Shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks grazed Trump's receptor erstwhile he fired connected him astatine his rally astatine Butler, Pennsylvania, connected Saturday night.

Trump sat successful a container astatine nan normal pinch Vance and respective members of his family, including children Don Jr., Eric and Tiffany, to perceive to nan evening's speakers. Melania Trump was not there. The taxable of nan first nighttime of nan normal was 'Make America able again.

Biden, meanwhile, will walk nan adjacent 2 days successful Las Vegas, where he will walk 2 days talking to achromatic and latino voters arsenic he struggles to reset his run successful nan caller governmental reality.

As portion of nan trip, he and his squad will beryllium testing nan waters connected really it tin push guardant pinch his candidacy without appearing insensitive to Trump. 

Several conservatives pointed to Biden's run rhetoric arsenic a logic Trump was targeted. Both sides person spoken harshly of nan other.

There is 1 interest nan president whitethorn beryllium capable to put to rest: calls for him to measurement down arsenic nan Democrats' nominee. 

Not a azygous Democrat has called for him to exit nan title since Saturday's shooting. 

Members of nan statement now look to deliberation replacing Biden would origin moreover much chaos successful nan race, which was upended by nan assassination effort connected Trump. 

And still much deliberation nan grounded assassination effort shifts nan dynamics of nan title to Trump's advantage.

One Democratic philanthropist told Bloomberg News that they antecedently believed that Biden should beryllium replaced but it shouldn't hap now arsenic it would lend to a consciousness of chaos. 

And location is an impending consciousness that triumph is Trump's for nan taking - nary matter who is connected nan Democratic ticket. 

Pollster Frank Luntz noted nan shooting will 'guarantee that each Trump protagonist now will beryllium a Trump elector successful November. Trump's voters are energized, Biden's voters are demoralized.'

'It's difficult to ideate either Biden aliases immoderate of nan imaginable Democratic candidates delivering full-throated crowd-pleasing attacks connected nan erstwhile President now, taking distant astir of their expertise to play nan Trump paper by labeling him a 'threat to democracy' erstwhile he conscionable survived a existent threat to democracy,' he wrote successful a thread connected X.

'The 2024 statesmanlike predetermination is now Trump's to lose.' 

Biden has tried to tamp down connected nan worry that dispersed crossed nan governmental sphere aft nan horrific effort connected Trump's life. 

He addressed nan federation from nan Oval Office connected Sunday wherever he called for an extremity to governmental violence, noting some Republicans and Democrats have been a target of it.

'You cognize nan governmental rhetoric successful this state has gotten very heated. It's clip to cool it down,' Biden said. 'Politics must ne'er beryllium a literal battlefield - God forbid a killingfield.' 

The president said it was clip for unity. And he noted he had a 'short but good' telephone pinch Trump. 

Many Republicans quickly blamed nan unit connected Biden and his allies, arguing that nan governmental attacks connected Trump arsenic a threat to populist person created a toxic environment. 

They pointed successful peculiar to a remark Biden made to donors connected July 8, saying 'it's clip to put Trump successful nan bullseye.' 

Trump, however, besides has utilized fighting words and images of unit successful his run rhetoric. 

While successful Las Vegas, Biden will  address nan 15th NAACP National Convention connected Tuesday and behaviour an question and reply pinch BET. He'll besides participate successful an economical acme pinch Democratic Rep. Steven Horsford.

On Wednesday, Biden is nan keynote speaker astatine nan UnidosUS Annual Conference astatine nan MGM Grand  and past he'll person a run event.

His Vegas travel was expected to beryllium nan 2nd of 2 run stops this week.

But his Monday sojourn to Austin, Texas, wherever he was to people nan 60th day of nan Civil Rights Act, was canceled aft nan shooting effort connected Trump.