Elon Musk will join Trump on stage at the Butler Rally months after the assassination: Live

God “spared Donald Trump’s life because he wasn’t done with Donald Trump. “He did it not once, but twice,” said Lara Trump, Eric’s wife and RNC co-chair, referring to the two assassination attempts against the former president in the past two months.

The former president acted with “strength and confidence,” he said.

Lara Trump also mentioned the RNC’s efforts toward what she called a “transparent election.”

“If you are a person who is contemplating fraud in our elections, we will find you, we will track you down and we will prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law.” If you are an illegal citizen voting in our election , we will prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law – and you will leave this country.”

Their claims come after Trump and his allies baselessly claimed that the 2020 election was “stolen” from him.

“They tried to kill him. “The Democratic Party can’t do anything right,” Eric Trump, the former president’s son, said as he took the stage Saturday night.

“They” have been after his father since he walked down the golden escalator, he said.

He didn’t define “they,” but it seemed to refer to the Justice Department, which is investigating his father, the suspected Butler assassin, and perhaps to Democrats as well.

“The good news? “Help is on the way,” he said, referring to his father.

The younger Trump led the crowd to chant, “Fight! Battle! Battle!”

Steve Witkoff, an investor and longtime Trump ally, was with the former president at Mar-a-Lago during the last suspected assassination attempt.

He has donated more than $2 million to Trump-affiliated PACs and testified briefly during the fraud trial in Manhattan.

Witkoff called the former president a “dear friend” on stage at the Butler rally on Saturday.

Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe said in September that the agency had provided the “highest level of protection” for presidential candidates since the July 13 attack.

The agency faced intense scrutiny, prompting its then-chief to resign after the attack in July.

A number of security measures were taken for Saturday, police said The Independent. The Secret Service will work from a “unified command post” with state, local and federal partners, a law enforcement source familiar with the plan said. There will be “a large coordinated law enforcement presence,” the source added.

The authorities had “secured some sight lines,” such as the roof from which the 20-year-old gunman opened fire. Drones will also be on site; In July, the drone system experienced technical difficulties.

Trump has faced two assassination attempts in recent months. But since the first attack, Trump made it clear that he planned to return to the Butler compound.

A week before Saturday’s rally, Trump assumed the venue would be the “safest place in the world.” He joked that he would start Saturday’s rally right where he left off in July: “I think I’ll start the speech by saying, ‘Like I said.'”

The investigation into the Butler rally shooting suspect is ongoing — and a motive has yet to be determined.

In August, the FBI revealed that the suspect, who was shot dead at the scene by Secret Service agents, was involved in “detailed attack planning” leading up to the rampage.

The agency closely examined his search history from 2019 to 2024 and found that the 20-year-old suspect had sought information about explosives, such as how to make a bomb from fertilizer and how remote detonators work. ”

The investigation led to “valuable insight into his thinking, but not a definitive motive,” an agent said in August.

The rally at 5 p.m. at the site of the first assassination attempt against Donald Trump will be “different” than the typical Trump rally, his campaign team said.

Firstly, according to the campaign, there will be a number of “special guests”.

JD Vance, Trump’s vice presidential candidate, took the stage first and said it was “unbelievable how Trump is reacting to all of this,” referring to the attack on Trump.

Elon Musk announced that he would speak at the event.

Former President Eric Trump’s son and his wife Lara, who is also co-chair of the RNC, Republican members of Congress and the family of the man killed at the July 13 rally – Corey Comperatore – will also be in attendance.

Best-selling author and vocal Trump critic Stephen King has once again taken the former president to task – this time over his refusal to release his medical records.

In 2015, Trump delivered a four-paragraph letter from his doctor in which he claimed he was the “healthiest person ever elected to the presidency.” But now the 78-year-old, who would be 82 at the end of his term if re-elected, still hasn’t released his medical records.

Inga Parkel has the whole story.