Trump on the comeback trail

Rival Harris reaches out to former president after the thwarted attack.

- Flint

ELECTION: ONLY 'CONSEQUENTIAL' PRESIDENTS GET SHOT AT, BOASTS REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE.

Donald Trump resumed campaigning for the first time since a second apparent attempt on his life, boasting "only consequential presidents get shot at", while praising Kamala Harris for making a phone call to check on him.

Trump spoke on Tuesday at a town hall meeting before fervent supporters in Flint, a beleaguered industrial city once a jewel of the US car industry in swing state Michigan, before factories closed due to foreign competition.

Trump drew a link between what the FBI called a foiled assassination bid against him on Sunday at his golf course in Florida and his pledge to slap heavy tariffs on imports of cars from Mexico and China.