Less than 24 hours after Donald Trump wrote on social media that “a bullet pierced the upper part of my ear”, he will soon board a plane for Wisconsin for the Republican National Convention, he wrote on Truth Social, his social media platform.

“Based on yesterday’s terrible events, I was going to delay my trip to Wisconsin,” he said.

But the former president said he “cannot allow a ‘shooter,’ or potential assassin, to force change to scheduling”.

“Therefore, I will be leaving for Milwaukee, as scheduled” at 15:30 ET (20:30 BST).

He has long portrayed a tough-guy persona in his political career, including – most recently – when he pushed aside Secret Service agents to defiantly raise his fist after the shooting.