WASHINGTON — A day after what appeared to be the second attempt on his life in two months, Donald Trump's campaign and allies said he would hit the trail this week as planned — and probably keep playing golf.

The Republican presidential candidate kept a relatively low profile on Monday (Sept 16) as more details emerged about the apparent assassination attempt. Trump met with the US Secret Service acting head at his Palm Beach, Florida, home, gave a media interview and referred to the incident once on Truth Social.

He claimed without evidence in an interview with Fox News that the suspected gunman was acting on Democrats' "highly inflammatory language," comments he followed later in a social media post with his own heated rhetoric.

"Because of this Communist Left Rhetoric, the bullets are flying, and it will only get worse!" Trump wrote.

In addition to fundraising appeals, his campaign emailed a statement highlighting earlier comments by Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris, President Joe Biden and other Democrats that the campaign said had prompted the suspected would-be assassin.

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