Trump Gives First Outdoor Speech Since Assassination Attempt

The Facts

• Former Pres. Donald Trump, the Republican nominee for president, Wednesday spoke to thousands of supporters outside a hangar at the North Carolina Aviation Museum & Hall of Fame in Asheboro, NC — the first outdoor rally Trump has held since he survived an assassination attempt in Pennsylvania in July.

• Trump delivered his speech from a podium behind bulletproof glass with storage containers stacked around the perimeter of the venue to block sight lines. Snipers were located on several roofs of the venue.

• His speech theme was national security, as he claimed he "stopped wars with phone calls" during his presidency, and how "the entire world was safer" when he resided in the Oval Office.