Trump shortly after a gunman tried to shoot him at a rally on Saturday.
Trump shortly after a gunman tried to shoot him at a rally on Saturday.
  • The failed attempt to assassinate Trump is already impacting his Thursday speech.
  • He says he'd planned an "extremely tough speech" focused on Biden but will now seek unity.
  • "It is a chance to bring the country together," Trump said. "I was given that chance."

In the wake of a failed assassination attempt at a rally on Saturday, former President Donald Trump says he's torn up the speech he originally planned to deliver at the Republican National Convention.

"It is a chance to bring the country together," Trump told the Washington Examiner. "I was given that chance."