Former US president Donald Trump accepted the nomination for the US presidential candidate on the last day of four-day Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Thursday (July 18).

Chants of 'Trump, Trump' echoed the venue as he appeared on the stage.

Trump appeared each of the first three days with a white bandage on his ear, covering a wound he sustained in the Saturday shooting. As Trump got on to the stage on the previous days of the Convention, the crowd chanted "Fight, fight, fight!", as a mark of remembrance of his defiance after the assassination bid that he survived by a whisker.

He also addressed the supporters present on the venue, in his first public speech after he was shot at in a rally in Pennsylvania on July 13.

"Tonight, with faith and devotion, I proudly accept your nomination for the President of the United States," he said.

Trump said the shooting has led him to change his RNC speech, from what was going to be “a humdinger” made up largely of attacks on President Joe Biden to one more focused on bringing the country together. “Honestly, it's going to be a whole different speech now," Trump told the Washington Examiner earlier.

Trump, who has officially been announced the Republican nominee for the November 5 elections, has picked Ohio Senator and one-time fierce critic JD Vance as his vice presidential running mate. "After lengthy deliberation and thought, and considering the tremendous talents of many others, I have decided that the person best suited to assume the position of Vice President of the United States is Senator JD Vance of the Great State of Ohio," he announced on Truth Social Platform.