Photos: The Triumphalist Republican National Convention

This year’s Republican National Convention has had a swaggering feel so far. The confab kicked off two days after Donald Trump survived an assassin’s bullet and comes as he holds an unmistakable lead in the polls against President Biden — who faces questions from fellow Democrats over his fitness to run. On Monday, Trump announced his vice-presidential pick, ideological compatriot J.D. Vance, who received a hero’s welcome at Milwaukee’s Fiserv Forum. And as Republican lawmakers went after Biden and strained to stick to the event’s “National Unity” theme, Trump himself appeared with a conspicuous bandage on his ear. Below, Mark Peterson for New York Magazine captures the RNC in photos.