Donald Trump readies to take on all comers as Democrats plot Joe Biden's exit from 2024 race

Even as he was putting the finishing touches on a record-length RNC speech last night, political aides to former President Donald Trump were setting strategies for his run against someone other than the current Democratic candidate, President Joe Biden.

Trump aides gathered in the Trade Hotel next to the Fiserv Forum mulling who Vice President Kamala Harris could pick as her running mate if she replaces Biden on the ticket, Politico reported.

MAGA Inc., the primary pro-Trump super PAC, has been doing opposition research and message testing against prospective Biden replacements, the outlet reported.

Those include Harris, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and even billionaire TV personality Mark Cuban, a person with knowledge told Politico.

Another Trump-aligned super PAC, the outlet reported, has commissioned polling into how Trump would fare against Harris and a said the data showed Harris faring worse against Trump than Biden is — which runs counter to some other survey findings thus far.

Donald Trump quipped about the chart that 'saved my life' by causing him to turn his head at the moment his would-be assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks reigned down bullets at his Pennsylvania rally on Saturday.

Speaking at the conclusion of the Republican Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Thursday, the former president was able to crack a joke about the assassination attempt after getting emotional earlier in his remarks when recounting the attack.

Trump gave a moment-by-moment retelling of the events he experienced at his last rally and said he would never talk about it again because it's 'too painful.'

'Less than four years ago, I handed this administration the strongest border in American history,' Trump said. 'But you can see on the chart that saved my life – that was the chart that saved my life.'

'I said, 'look at it.' I'm so proud of it. I think it's one of the greatest – it was done by the border patrol – one of the greatest charts I've ever seen. It showed everything just like that – you know the chart.'

At one point, Trump appeared to realize the chart was up on the screens behind him in the Fiserv Forum.

'Oh, there it is. That's pretty good. Wow,' the former president lauded.

'Last time I put up that chart I never really got to look at it,' he joked. 'But without that chart, I would not be here today. Never got to look at it.'

'I never got to see it that day.'

Donald Trump's youngest of 10 grandchildren sat on his lap for her father Eric's remarks at the Republican National Convention on Thursday - and stole the show.

The final night of the convention featured Trump's biggest entourage of family members, including Eric and Lara Trump's children Carolina, 4, and Luke, 6 – and former first lady Melania Trump.

All of Trump's children were in the guest-of-honor's section of the arena except for Barron – though the father of five did claim the 18-year-old was around.

Carolina clapped as she sat on Trump's lap while her older brother Eric Luke joined in on cheering on their dad as he sat on mom Lara's lap.