Former President Donald Trump made an entrance at the Republican National Convention on Monday, sporting a white bandage over his right ear, and the crowd immediately erupted in chants of “USA!” and “Fight! Fight! Fight!”

Trump’s arrival at the convention followed just a few hours after he announced that he had chosen Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) to be his running mate going into November’s presidential election — and just over 48 hours after a would-be assassin opened fire on his Pennsylvania rally, killing firefighter Corey Comperatore in addition to wounding Trump and two others.

The former president, as he typically does at rallies, made his entrance as Lee Greenwood performed “God Bless the USA.” Cheers and applause, along with a few stray voices shouting, “Fight!” erupted from the crowd as he walked in, a white bandage covering his right ear.

“President Donald J. Trump enters the RNC less than 72 hours after surviving an assassination attempt. This is so awesome. Absolute boss,” Greg Price posted on X, sharing video of the former president’s entrance.

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President Donald J. Trump enters the RNC less than 72 hours after surviving an assassination attempt.

This is so awesome.

Absolute boss. 🇺🇸🔥 pic.twitter.com/VI9wXVCLC9

— Greg Price (@greg_price11) July 16, 2024

As soon as the song came to an end, Greenwood introduced Trump and saluted him — and the crowd immediately began to chant “USA! USA! USA!” Trump joined them, and then as the next speaker was introduced, some in the audience began to chant “Fight! Fight! Fight!”

POWERFUL MOMENT: President Trump enters the room, and the crowd lights up with chants of FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT and USA, USA, USA.

Watch our continuing coverage of the RNC here: https://t.co/aKHMbwrcJ7… pic.twitter.com/CIQkbsRfs5

— Real America’s Voice (RAV) (@RealAmVoice) July 16, 2024

Monday marks Trump’s first major public appearance since the assassination attempt, and the chants were a reference to his own initial reaction to being shot: within moments of the Secret Service tackling him to the ground. Trump had fought his way to his feet and raised his fist in the air, shouting, “Fight! Fight! Fight!”

President Joe Biden repeatedly got nasty with NBC News host Lester Holt during an interview on Monday where he struggled to answer questions and made numerous false claims.

When asked if his inflammatory language against former President Donald Trump is appropriate given the assassination attempt that happened over the weekend, Biden falsely claimed that he does not use inflammatory language against Trump.

Examples of times that Biden has engaged in highly inflammatory rhetoric against the Trump includes:

March 22, 2018: “If we were in high school, I’d take him [Trump] behind the gym and beat the hell out of him.'” September 1, 2022: “Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic.” March 21, 2024: “That’s Hitler’s language. That’s not America’s.” June 28, 2024: “Donald Trump is a genuine threat to this nation. He’s a threat to our freedom. He’s a threat to our democracy. He’s literally a threat to everything America stands for.” July 8, 2024: “It’s time to put Trump in a bullseye.” July 12, 2024: “Trump is a threat to this nation.”

My apologies, the previous post has the wrong video clip.

This is the correct one. pic.twitter.com/oQxXISQEpj

— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) July 16, 2024

Biden refused to commit to debating Trump before the next debate in September and, when pressed by Holt whether he was anxious to “get back on the horse,” Biden snapped: “I’m on the horse! Where have you been?”

“What I’m doing is going out and demonstrating to the American people that I have command of all my faculties, that I don’t need notes, I don’t need teleprom (sic)—,” he declared.

Biden refuses to accept Trump’s offer for another debate before September and then attacks Lester Holt for asking the question pic.twitter.com/tgyA9eYfFD

— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) July 16, 2024

When asked about his obvious signs of cognitive decline, Biden became angry, demanded that the media talk about false claims that Trump has made, and he fumbled over his words.

President Joe Biden just got nasty with NBC News host Lester Holt after Holt asked about Biden’s mental lapses during the debate. pic.twitter.com/fi8CTJka1r

— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) July 16, 2024