Trump campaigns in Michigan in first appearance since apparent assassination attempt
CBSN
Flint, Michigan – Former President Donald Trump returned to the campaign trail Tuesday evening in his first public appearance since the second assassination attempt on his life.
"It's a dangerous business, however, being president," Trump said while sitting alongside Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, his former White House press secretary, at the Dort Financial Center in Flint, Michigan. "It's a little bit dangerous. It's, you know, they think race car driving is dangerous? No. They think bull riding, that's pretty scary, right? No. This is a dangerous business, and we have to keep it safe."
Trump later told the crowd he received a phone call Tuesday from Vice President Kamala Harris, calling it "very, very nice, we appreciate that."
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