Trump touches down in Milwaukee as Republican national convention begins

Activists, media and politicians descend on Wisconsin city for convention, where Trump will be formally nominated

A rush of activists, politicians and media bound for the Republican national convention have descended on Milwaukee, less than 48 hours after a gunman fired shots at Donald Trump during a Pennsylvania rally, with a bullet grazing the former president and rocking the country.

The failed assassination attempt, which left multiple rally-goers injured and two dead, including the shooting suspect, casts a pall of anxiety over the RNC. It raises tensions – already felt between the diverse, working-class and heavily Democratic city and the Republican party – which will be on display from the start of the convention on Monday, when a rally held by the Coalition to March on the RNC will protest the start of the event.