Five days after surviving an assassination attempt, Donald Trump has addressed the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee With A Marathon Speech

 "I SHOULDN'T BE HERE" - TRUMP RECOUNTS SHOOTING IN MARATHON SPEECH

• Five days after surviving an assassination attempt, Donald Trump has addressed the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

• In a speech lasting an hour and a half, he described feeling the assassin's bullet hit his ear and being smothered by Secret Service agents

• "I'm not supposed to be here," he told the crowd, adding: "I had God on my side" 

  
  
  

• Melania Trump made a rare public appearance, joining her husband on stage, along with other family members

• Before the speech, wrestling legend Hulk Hogan ripped off his shirt and told Americans to embrace "Trumpamania"

• While Republicans celebrate, US President Joe Biden faces new questions over his candidacy for re-election

• Trump only mentioned Biden's name once in his speech, focusing instead on deporting migrants en masse, the economy and inflation

• Biden campaign bats away reported concerns of top Democratspublished at 09:40

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  Biden stepping off the presidential plane earlier in the week - after revealing he had Covid-19

  In that last post, we gave a flavour of the mood on the Democratic side of the political debate while the Republican convention unfolded. Here's some more on that.

  President Joe Biden's campaign has faced further pressure amid reported concerns about the presidential election from Barack Obama, who is reported by the Washington Post to have privately stated that Biden's chances are greatly diminished. Spokespeople for the former president have declined to comment.

  It follows reports that former house speaker Nancy Pelosi and the two most senior Democrats in Congress, Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer, have advised Biden to consider his candidacy for the good of the party. All have rejected the reports.

  Polling on Thursday by the BBC's US partner, CBS News, showed Biden five points behind Trump - the widest margin recorded this campaign.

  Biden's campaign has continued to bat away reports of high-level Democratic concern as "baseless", insisting he will remain the nominee.

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