Just two days before the Republican National Convention commences to formally nominate Donald Trump for a third presidential bid, a gunman attempted to assassinate the former president during a Pennsylvania rally.

After a stunning round of audible gun shots, Trump was evidently a single inch from death, with a bullet appearing to graze his ear and bloody his face. But Trump, who briefly hid for safety beneath the podium, emerged defiant with a fist pumped as his Secret Service detail huddled around him to corral him off to safety.