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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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David Smith Washington bureau chief

Will Trump call for healing – or rub salt in wounds – in wake of rally shooting?

Donald Trump is helped off the stage after an assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday.
Donald Trump is helped off the stage after an assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. Photograph: Gene J Puskar/AP

It will be the new must-have for every Donald Trump acolyte. The indelible image of the former US president, ear bloodied and fist raised as Secret Service agents try to rush him away from a would-be assassin’s bullets, has already been turned into a $35 T-shirt with a simple legend: “Fight! Fight! Fight!”

The words are taken from Trump’s entreaty as he was bundled off stage in the aftermath of the shooting which left one man dead at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. His supporters responded with chants of “USA! USA!” and by angrily turning on the media, pointing fingers of blame at journalists.

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