Trump RNC speech recounts assassination bid, omits Biden

Former President Donald Trump recounted the assassination attempt that nearly killed him during his Republican National Convention acceptance speech in Milwaukee on Thursday night.

“I’m not supposed to be here tonight,” said a somber Trump, with a bandage covering his right ear, which was nicked by a bullet. “As you already know, the assassin’s bullet came within a quarter of an inch of taking my life.”

“I stand before you by the grace of almighty God,” Trump told the said before approaching and kissing the fire chief’s helmet of Corey Comperatore, who was killed in the shooting by Thomas Crooks in Butler Township, Pennsylvania, during a campaign rally Saturday.

“As Americans, we are bound together by a single fate and a shared destiny. We rise together. Or we fall apart,” said Trump on the eve of the eighth anniversary of his first nomination for the presidency.

“Despite such a heinous attack, we unite this evening more determined than ever. Our resolve is unbroken, and our purpose is unchanged — to deliver a government that serves the American people,” Trump said.

Trump also expressed his “gratitude to the American people for your outpouring of love and support following the assassination attempt.”

Trump told the convention audience, which included his wife Melania and his children and their partners, that, “I’ll tell you what happened, and you’ll never hear it from me a second time, because it’s too painful to tell.”

Trump said that during the rally in Butler, “I began speaking very happily because I was discussing the great job my administration did on immigration at the southern border.”

“Behind me and to the right was a large screen that was displaying a chart of border crossings under my leadership,” he said. “In order to see the chart, I started to turn to my right, and was ready to begin a further turn, which I’m lucky I didn’t, when I heard a loud whizzing sound and felt something hit me, really hard, on my right ear.”

“I said to myself, ‘Wow, what was that — it can only be a bullet — and moved my right hand to my ear, brought it down, and my hand was covered with blood,” Trump said. “I immediately knew it was very serious, that we were under attack, and in one movement, proceeded to drop to the ground.”

Trump said that his Secret Service protective detail rushed the stage and covered him.

“There was blood pouring everywhere, and yet, in a certain way I felt very safe, because I had God on my side,” Trump said.

“The amazing thing is that prior to the shot, if I had not moved my head at the very last instant, the…