Trump’s second chance: He’s supposed to be here

Published January 17, 2025 5:30am ET



When President Donald Trump accepted the Republican nomination for the White House for the third time, he told the crowd in Milwaukee, “I’m not supposed to be here.” It was a line he repeated often in the weeks following the attempt on his life in Butler, Pennsylvania, which happened just days before the GOP convention.

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