MILWAUKEE — Former President Donald Trump gave the people what they wanted at the Republican National Convention: more Donald Trump.

Mr. Trump sent the crowd into a frenzy after he walked into the arena with a bandage over his right ear two days after he survived an assassination attempt at a Pennsylvania rally.

The mere image of Mr. Trump on the arena’s jumbotron triggered a massive round of applause from the thousands of delegates gathered here for the first day of the party’s national convention.

The backstage video captured Mr. Trump smiling and shaking his head in appreciative disbelief.

Mr. Trump pumped his fist to the crowd as Lee Greenwood sang “God Bless the USA” before joining Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio, his newly picked vice presidential nominee.

“You will not take this man down. He has the courage and the strength, and he will be the next president of the United States,” Mr. Greenwood said.

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