Here's who was in Trump's box at the first night of the RNC
Former President Donald Trump seated family members, key political allies and his newly picked VP - Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance - in the box where he was seated during his cameo Monday night at the Republican National Convention.
In the front row at Trump's sides were former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, Rep. Byron Donalds and House Speaker Mike Johnson, as well as his wife Kelly. Behind the president were Kimberly Guilfoyle with her fiance Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump and his wife Lara Trump and Tiffany Trump and her husband Michael Boulos.
Melania, Ivanka and Barron Trump have yet to be seen at the Milwaukee convention. Trump made a dramatic entrance Monday night sporting an ear bandage - a reminder that he had been clipped by an assassin's bullet just two days before. Trump arrived in Milwaukee Sunday but hadn't been seen at the convention site until slightly after 9 p.m. Monday.
Cameras focused on him standing and waiting to come into the Fiserv Forum's hall, training on the large ear bandage. Lee Greenwood, the musician who plays Trump's classic walk-on song God Bless the U.S.A., appeared in-person to perform the tune.
He spoke dramatically about Trump surviving Saturday's assassination attempt hailing his 'defiance against somebody that tried to kill him.' 'You will not take this man down,' Greenwood said. Earlier Monday, Trump had officially clinched the Republican nomination.
The state of Florida put him over the needed delegate count and family members were there then too. Eric, Lara, Donald Trump Jr., Tiffany Guilfoyle and Boulos huddled with other delegates from the Sunshine State and cheered for the new nominee.
As that vote was happening, Trump let slip on Truth Social that he had made his VP pick and it would be Vance, a MAGA favorite and friend of Trump Jr. Vance and his wife Usha made their convention floor debut not long after, as the Republican delegates voted in unison to add him to the ticket.
Trump wasn't officially on the schedule to appear at the Milwaukee convention Monday night, but made a similar move when he was the Republican nominee in 2016 - the last time traditional conventions were held due to the COVID-19 pandemic four years ago.
In 2016, Trump bucked the precedent that candidates wouldn't appear at their conventions until near the end of the week. On day one in Cleveland he teased the crowd by appearing as a silhouette on-screen as Queen's We are the Champions played before walking out to greet them.
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