Trump's human shield: Ex-President enters RNC with beefed-up 15-strong troupe of Secret Service bodyguards after attempt on his life just two days earlier

Donald Trump walked into the Republican National Convention connected Monday down a tranche of imposing bodyguards conscionable days aft he survived an attempt connected his life in Pennsylvania.

The GOP campaigner waved to nan crowd successful Milwaukee, pumping his fist while receiving rapturous applause. Trump showed disconnected his bandaged ear, wounded erstwhile he was grazed by an assassin's slug connected Saturday. 

Trump is not owed to speak astatine nan normal until Thursday but traveled to Wisconsin connected Sunday, 24 hours aft nan assassination attempt. 

Trump, who stands astatine 6-foot-3, was surrounded by a twelve aliases truthful arsenic burly bodyguards arsenic he made his entrance. There had been wide disapproval by blimpish figures connected X astir nan ex-president's information detail. 

On Monday, Trump announced Ohio Senator JD Vance, who erstwhile compared nan nominee to Adolf Hitler, would beryllium his moving mate successful November's election.

On Saturday afternoon, Crooks was capable to gaffe onto a rooftop location 150 yards from nan shape wherever Trump was speaking successful Butler, Pennsylvania. He past began firing an AR-15-style semiautomatic rifle, purchased by his father, officials said. 

The Secret Service, responsible for protecting presidents and erstwhile presidents, went connected nan protect connected Monday against disapproval of its nonaccomplishment to observe nan gunman.

'Secret Service unit connected nan crushed moved quickly during nan incident, pinch our antagonistic sniper squad neutralizing nan shooter and our agents implementing protective measures to guarantee nan information of erstwhile president Donald Trump,' Kimberly Cheatle, nan Secret Service director, said successful a statement.

Biden ordered an independent of really nan gunman, who was changeable dormant by agents moments aft opening fire, could person travel truthful adjacent to sidesplitting aliases severely wounding Trump contempt nan dense information provided by nan agency. 

The president has besides ordered nan Secret Service to statesman a protection item of independent campaigner Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 

Kennedy is simply a longshot to triumph Electoral College votes, overmuch little nan presidency. But his run events person drawn ample crowds of supporters and group willing successful his message. 

His run has been urging nan president to supply him pinch Secret Service protection for months, and has sent aggregate requests aft various incidents.

In October, a man was arrested aft trespassing doubly successful 1 time astatine Kennedy’s Los Angeles home, and a period earlier, an equipped man accused of impersonating a national serviceman was taken into custody extracurricular a Kennedy run event.

The FBI has taken nan lead successful an investigation of nan shooting.

Trump flew to Milwaukee connected Sunday, 24 aft nan assassination attempt.  

Trump pumped his fist successful nan aerial respective times and appeared to rima nan words 'Fight! Fight! Fight!' arsenic he descended nan stairs from his plane.

In an question and reply during nan trip, he said nan realization that he came truthful adjacent to being killed was sobering.

'That reality is conscionable mounting in,' Trump was quoted arsenic saying by nan Washington Examiner. 'I seldom look distant from nan crowd. Had I not done that successful that moment, well, we would not beryllium talking today, would we?'

'I want to effort to merge our country,' nan New York Post reported Trump saying during nan flight. 'But I don't cognize if that's possible. People are very divided