Former President Donald Trump revealed Sunday that he’s altering his upcoming speech at the Republican National Convention and his remarks will now focus on uniting the country after surviving an assassination attempt.
The 45th president told The Post Sunday he “threw away” an “extremely tough speech” to make way for the new approach following Saturday’s shooting at his Pennsylvania rally.
Trump, 78, will deliver the speech Thursday when he formally accepts the Republican Party’s nomination for president at the convention.
“I want to try to unite our country,” he said aboard his private jet en route to Milwaukee. “But I don’t know if that’s possible. People are very divided.”
“I had all prepared an extremely tough speech, really good, all about the corrupt, horrible administration,” he told The Post in reference to the Biden White House. “But I threw it away.”
Trump was nearly killed at the rally when a gunman shot him in the ear.
One rallygoer was killed and two others were wounded in the gunfire.
Trump said policy positions that focus on immigration and transgender Americans might make mending the country’s divide a difficult feat.
“Some people want open borders, some don’t,” he said.
“Some want men to be able to play on women’s sports teams, and others don’t,” he said, stressing success will be the ultimate unifier.
Biden, 81, has pushed a similar message of unity, including from the Oval Office Sunday night where he stated, “We are not enemies.”
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“We are neighbors, we are friends, coworkers, citizens, and most importantly we are fellow Americans. We must stand together,” the president said.
Additional reporting by David Propper