Grinning Donald Trump returns to scene of assassination attempt in Pennsylvania to address supporters

GRINNING Donald Trump points to the ear shot by foiled assassin Thomas Crooks three months ago while stood at the same spot.

The former US President — hoping to retake the White House next month — yesterday returned to Butler, Pennsylvania, saying: “I’m fulfilling an obligation.

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Donald Trump points to the ear shot by foiled assassin Thomas Crooks three months ago while stood at the same spot[/caption]

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Shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks was ‘neutralised’ by snipers at the scene[/caption]

“I said when I was shot, ‘We’re coming back’.”

Trump’s face was spattered with blood when a bullet grazed his ear and killed fan Corey Comperatore.

Crooks was shot dead.

Trump was expected to appear on stage alongside running mate JD Vance and billionaire supporter Elon Musk.

Also expected on stage is the family of Corey Comperatore, the rally-goer killed when 20-year-old gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks opened fire the on presidential candidate on July 13.

The man who allegedly staked out Trump on his golf course in Florida has been charged with attempting to assassinate him.

Suspect Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, was denied bail at a court hearing on Monday – hours after prosecutors cited a letter offering $150,000 to “finish the job” as evidence of why he should be kept locked up pending trial.

Routh had been initially charged with two federal firearms offences but the upgraded charges reflect the Justice Department’s assessment that he plotted to kill Trump.

They claim this is through Routh aiming a rifle through the shrubbery surrounding Trump’s West Palm Beach golf course on an afternoon the ex-president was playing on it.