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Ed Pilkington in Uniondale, New York

With bombast and defiance, Trump stages first rally since apparent assassination attempt

Republican presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event at Nassau Coliseum, New York.
Republican presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at Nassau Coliseum, New York. Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP

Donald Trump on Wednesday night staged his first rally since he became the target of a second attempted assassination in as many months, telling his supporters in a sports venue outside New York City that what he called “these encounters with death” had only hardened him.

“God has now spared my life. It must have been God, not once, but twice,” Trump said to loud cheers from the ecstatic crowd.

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