MILWAUKEE — Former President Donald Trump‘s campaign is approaching the Republican National Convention from a position of “gratitude,” not “confidence,” after last weekend’s assassination attempt and Monday’s announcement that Judge Aileen Cannon had dismissed his federal classified documents case in Florida.

“It’s not confidence, it’s gratitude,” a senior Trump campaign official told the Washington Examiner in Milwaukee on Monday. “I think the nation was shocked at the event and the president, his response has been a great demonstration of who he is. He’s strong, he’s a strong and resilient leader who is prepared to come in here for this convention and lead his party and the nation to victory in November.”

After Trump told Fox News Monday to expect him to announce his vice presidential nominee before the end of the day, the official told other reporters in the Baird Center, near the Fiserv Forum, where the convention will take place, that the former president’s decision regarding his second in command has not changed after last weekend.

When asked if Trump’s decision would be part of his pivot to unify the Republican Party, the official told the Washington Examiner “it’s not about the VP pick.”

“Obviously after Saturday, the president has spoken to, in several ways since through his Truth Social posts and whatnot, his desire is to come in this week and unify our party, which he’s already done, obviously substantially, and then move out and unify the nation with an agenda that will help get the nation back on track, which is what is represented in the platform, it’s what the president has talked about consistently for years,” the official said.

“So the message from the president and from the speakers coming out through this week is going to be we can pull together, we can bring the rest of the nation with us, and we can create a future that doesn’t involve out-of-control inflation, doesn’t have us under invasion at the southern border, doesn’t allow weakness to be on display to the rest of the world,” he added. “It’s a way to get our country back on track.”

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Trump arrived in Milwaukee on Sunday, a day after a bullet grazed his ear during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) is seen as the front-runner to be his vice presidential selection.