Donald Trump makes first public appearance to roaring applause

Former US president Donald Trump wearing a bandage partially covering his right ear made his first public appearance at the Republican National Convention here since surviving an assassination attemptTrump 78 on Monday entered the hall to roaring applause and holding his fist aloft towards the end of the first day of the fourday conventionHe escaped an assassination bid over the weekend while attending a public rally in Philadelphia Thousands of Republican delegates supporters and members of the Republican party chanted ldquofightrdquo as he entered the Fiserv Forum in MilwaukeeSupporters on the convention floor and standing in the stadium sang along to a live rendition of ldquoGod Bless the USArdquo with singer Lee Greenwood as Trump waved to supporters and joined family members and new running mate JD Vance in their seatsTrump wore a subdued look as the room around him erupted and chants of ldquoUSArdquo rang out On Monday delegates from across the country elected him as the Republican presidential nominee for the November 5 general election against incumbent Democratic President Joe BidenHowever Trump would deliver his acceptance speech on Thursday Trump was accompanied by Senator J D Vance his running mate Earlier in the day Trump announced that Vance would be his running mateAn honour says Trump critic now running mateJD Vance a Republican US Senator from Ohio expressed gratitude on Tuesday for being picked as the running mate of US presidential candidate Donald Trump and called it an ldquohonourrdquo to run alongside him He said that Trump has delivered it once and will do it againIn a post on X JD Vance stated ldquoJust overwhelmed with gratitude What an honor it is to run alongside President Donald J Trump He delivered peace and prosperity once and with your help hersquoll do it againrdquoTrump confirmed Vancersquos candidature through a post on Truth Social ldquoAfter lengthy deliberation and thought and considering the tremendous talents of many others I have decided that the person best suited to assume the position of Vice President is Senator JD Vancerdquo Trump postedWho is Usha VanceUsha VanceIndianAmerican lawyer Usha Chilukuri Vance has burst into the national spotlight after her husband JD Vance was named Trumprsquos running mate Usha 38 is the daughter of Indian immigrants She grew up in a San Diego suburb Friends from her childhood and adolescence described her as a ldquoleaderrdquo and a ldquobookwormrdquo As of 2014 she was a registered Democrat Usha a graduate of Yale Law School is a civil litigation attorney at Munger Tolles amp Olson LLP Usha and Vance met at Yale Law School where the two were studying The Vance couple was married in 2014 in Kentucky and have three children sons Ewan and Vivek and a daughter named MirabelNot donating to proTrump PAC Elon MuskTesla CEO Elon Musk has rejected a report claiming that he plans to give USD 45 million a month to a new super politicalaction committee PAC supporting former US President Donald Trumprsquos presidential run calling it ldquofakerdquo In a sarcastic post on X Elon Musk posted a picture of two gnus wildebeest having human limbs and captioned it ldquoFake GNUSrdquo He even shared The Wall Street Journalrsquos report on X His statement comes after The Wall Street Journal citing people familiar with the matter reported that Musk plans to give 45 mn a month to a new super politicalaction committee supporting Donald Trumprsquos presidential runThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever