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The Secret Service has deployed large forces to protect former President Donald J. Trump as he prepares to hold a rally in Butler, Pa., where a gunman attacked him in July.
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 Brendan McDermid/ReutersAs former President Donald Trump is set to return on Saturday to the site of his near-miss assassination attempt three months ago in Pennsylvania, he faces swirling threats against his life from Iran.
Trump will hold a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, as he and Democratic opponent Kamala Harris campaign feverishly to win the crucial battleground state, which is nearly a deadlock in recent polls.
Trump told NewsNation that he felt it was necessary to return to the place where 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks fired several rounds at the GOP nominee, with one striking his ear, before the would-be assassin was shot dead.
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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 Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty ImagesElon Musk says he will attend Donald Trump's rally on Saturday which will take place at the site where a shooter wounded the former president in an assassination attempt in July.
In a post on Trump's X account late Thursday, the Republican nominee touted his forthcoming event as "HISTORIC!" Replying to the tweet, Musk wrote: "I will be there to support!"
On July 13, gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks opened fire at a stage where Trump was speaking. Trump suffered a wound to his ear, while three rally attendees were also hurt—including one fatally. Crooks was killed by counter snipers.
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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