Standing on the spot where he was nearly killed in July, Donald Trump told a vast rally that he would “never yield, not even in the face of death itself”.
The Republican candidate for president had returned to the scene of the failed assassination attempt just outside the small town of Butler, Pennsylvania, for three reasons: to kick off the final month of campaigning; to boost enthusiasm in the most important swing state in the nation; and to depict himself as a living martyr, ready to sacrifice himself for his populist cause.
The Republican candidate for president had returned to the scene of the failed assassination attempt just outside the small town of Butler, Pennsylvania, for three reasons: to kick off the final month of campaigning; to boost enthusiasm in the most important swing state in the nation; and to depict himself as a living martyr, ready to sacrifice himself for his populist cause.
