Trump says he wants to ‘bring the country together’ with convention speech

Republican presidential candidate former president Donald Trump reacts following an assassination attempt at a campaign event in Butler (Picture: Gene J Puskar/AP)

Donald Trump said he has rewritten his speech for the Republican National Convention to focus on uniting the country in the wake of an assassination attempt on the former US president.

Mr Trump arrived in Milwaukee for the convention on Sunday evening, just a day after a gunman opened fire at a campaign rally in Butler.