Former President Donald Trump and Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), his running mate, attended their first outdoor rally since Trump was shot in the right ear in an assassination attempt in Pennsylvania last month, but there is one major change: bulletproof glass.
Trump’s podium at the North Carolina Aviation Museum & Hall of Fame, where he is slated to deliver remarks on national security on Wednesday afternoon, is surrounded by panes of bulletproof glass that form a protective wall across the stage, according to a live stream and photos taken at the event.
Storage containers have been stacked around the perimeter of the space to create additional walls and block sight lines. Snipers have been positioned on roofs at the venue, where old aircraft are sitting behind the podium and a large American flag is suspended from cranes….