Trump says he received a 'beautiful note' from 'brilliant' President Xi after the assassination attempt one week ago

Former President Donald Trump revealed connected Saturday that Chinese President Xi Jinping wrote him a statement aft nan assassination effort 1 week ago. 

The Republican statesmanlike nominee shared that Xi reached retired while speaking astatine a rally successful Grand Rapids, Michigan. 

It was his first run rally since nan gunman opened occurrence astatine nan arena successful Butler, PA. One slug grazed Trump's ear. One man was killed and 2 others were critically wounded.

 '[Xi] wrote maine a beautiful statement nan different time erstwhile he heard astir what happened,' Trump told nan boisterous crowd successful nan packed Van Andel Arena downtown.  

Trump shared that Xi sent him a statement while discussing economical argumentation with China. He did not stock what nan missive included. 

The erstwhile president besides praised Xi arsenic a 'brilliant.'

'He controls 1.4 cardinal group pinch an robust fist,' Trump said 'He makes guys for illustration Biden look for illustration babies.' 

Trump was speaking earlier a monolithic crowd successful Grand Rapids. It was his first rally since nan gunman opened occurrence connected nan crowd successful Butler, PA and nan erstwhile was successful uncommon form, cracking jokes, slamming his governmental force and feeding disconnected nan power of nan crowd. 

The run arena took spot wrong dissimilar nan Butler rally amid ramped up security.  

It was besides nan first rally since Trump accepted nan Republican statesmanlike information successful Milwaukee, WI astatine nan Republican National Convention connected Thursday. 

The erstwhile president said for astir an hr and 50 minutes during which clip he praised Xi, Russian President Putin and Viktor Obran of Hungary. 

'I sewage on very good pinch President Xi,' Trump said during his event.

The ex-president besides touted that he besides gets on pinch North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. He said it was a bully point and that he arsenic a batch of atomic weapons. 

'I sewage on pinch him great. You were ne'er successful threat pinch maine arsenic your president,' he said. 'It's a bully point to get a long, not a bad thing.'

Later successful his rally, Trump went aft China complete trade. 

He vowed if reelected he would walk nan 'Trump Reciprocal Trade Act' and claimed that if China charges nan U.S. a 100 percent aliases 200 percent taxation nan U.S. will complaint them a '200 percent' tax.