Trump set to be anointed US President after surviving assassination attempt - 'Odds on!'

The 45th President's odds stood at 8/15, giving him a 65.2 per cent chance of winning on November 5.

Trump’s odds were slashed to just 4/11, representing a 73.3 per cent chance of victory for the ex-President.

Victory would make Trump just the second Commander-in-Chief to serve two non-consecutive terms in the Oval Office.

Responding to the incident, Republican Overseas UK spokeswoman Sarah Elliott told GB News: “I think this definitely pushes him to the front of the queue and will most likely be our winner in November now. What a way to enter your convention week.”

Ex-Tory MP Sir John Redwood argued the appalling scenes could see the state of the race change “drastically”.

“Democrats have had to suspend their sustained personal verbal attacks on him and reach out seeing an election under violent attack,” the former Welsh Secretary claimed.

However, Republicans have also looked to put pressure on Democrats following the incident.

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The FBI identified 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks as the lone gunman.

Secret Service agents “neutralised” the gunman shortly after opening fire at 6.13pm.

It is not yet clear what Crooks' motive was and his political history appears complex.

He was a registered Republican but made a $15 donation to a progressive political action committee.

Despite the unclear situation, eight leading members of the Grand Old Party appeared to blame Biden.

Biden, who condemned yesterday’s attack, told donors earlier this week that Trump should be put in a “bullseye”.

Senator JD Vance, who has been shortlisted to serve as Trump’s running-mate, claimed: “The central premise of the Biden campaign is that President Donald Trump is an authoritarian fascist who must be stopped at all costs. That rhetoric led directly to President Trump’s attempted assassination.”

Fellow running-mate contender Tim Scott added: “Let’s be clear: This was an assassination attempt aided and abetted by the radical Left and corporate media incessantly calling Trump a threat to democracy, fascist, or worse.”

Condemning the attack, Biden said in a statement: “I'm grateful to hear that he's safe and doing well.

“I'm praying for him and his family and for all those who were at the rally, as we await further information.

“Jill and I are grateful to the Secret Service for getting him to safety.

“There's no place for this kind of violence in America. We must unite as one nation to condemn it.”

The recent shift in the betting markets comes after a more sustained surge in support in the opinion polls.

Trump’s head-to-head debate with Biden last month appears to have turbocharged support for the 45th President.

Biden was trailing by just 0.2 per cent as he locked horns with his White House predecessor in Atlanta.

Following a series of further Biden blunders at this week’s Nato summit, Trump’s average lead crept up to 1.9 per cent.

The fine margins do not take into consideration how Republican candidates can afford to lose the popular vote and still win the race to the White House.

Despite trailing ex-First Lady Hillary Clinton by almost three million ballots, Trump received 306 electoral college votes in 2016.

The only Grand Old Party nominee to receive more votes than his Democratic challenger since 1988 came in 2004 when George H W Bush saw off John Kerry.

However, Bush’s 2000 victory over Al Gore came after the 43rd President won Florida by a mere 537 votes.

GB News has approached William Hill for comment.