Trump’s address was the most crucial moment yet in his transformation from a brash tycoon and reality star with a sometimes vulgar tongue to a politician with an expansive vision of disruptive change who could become President.
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He said: “I have joined the political arena so that the powerful can no longer beat up on people that cannot defend themselves”.
The speech will also sound the firing gun on the general election, offering Trump a chance to overcome voters’ concerns about his divisive campaign rhetoric.
Ever the showman, he fed off the energy of the crowd, stepping back to soak in applause and joining the delegates as they chanted: ‘U-S-A’. I knew immediately that it was important to get engaged, not just to help educate individuals about who Muslims are, but to really push hard against extremists and preserve America and the values of American life that I love.
“I am your voice!” was his repeated war cry as Trump vowed to do battle against the claque of worldwide corporations and their political puppets who he said are intentionally allowing criminals, terrorists and immigrants to destroy the country and it’s once prosperous middle class.
The week in Cleveland culminates with Donald Trump accepting his party’s nomination for president, a possibility many thought improbable when Trump announced his candidacy many months ago.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren says she’s “probably not” Hillary Clinton’s choice of running mate.
Things then fully jumped the shark when Gov. Chris Christie (currently embroiled in a bribery scandal that’s already taken out one close ally) took the witch hunt angle and riled the crowd up with anti-Clinton chants of “Lock her up!”
Some Americans oppose Trump’s rise, lambasting his controversial campaign statements, which have included calling Mexican immigrants rapists and drug dealers whom he would deport if elected president.
In an interview with the New York Times, Trump was quoted as saying that he would decide to come to the aid of states under threat by Russian Federation, only after reviewing whether they had “fulfilled their obligations to us”.
“OK, so they sent out the first picture”, Trump said of the anti-Trump group.
The billionaire’s eldest daughter – and one of the more famous siblings – Ivanka, will introduce her father. An inner needy narcissist seems to win out over the 70-year-old fledgling politician’s half-hearted attempts to “act presidential”.
Pence’s teleprompter displayed the stage direction “embrace” just after his acceptance speech Wednesday at the Republican National Convention. Some in the GOP have expanded that sentiment to a broader questioning of the bureau.
On the third night of the GOP convention in Cleveland, Sen.
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Trump prepared for his big night amid another flap over his commitment to US military alliances, including North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. “This has always been the philosophy at the Trump organisation”. Americanism, not globalism, will be his credo.
He had promised to describe “major, major” tax cuts.
“I am your voice”, he declared pointing into the cameras, promising better times with “millions of new jobs and trillions in new wealth”. “But what I do know what remains unshakable is my faith in the men and women here”. Trump on Friday said that’s okay, he wouldn’t accept Cruz’s endorsement anyway.
Yet he also accused her of “terrible, awful crimes” and said her greatest achievement may have been avoiding prison for her use of a private email and personal server as secretary of state.
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“It’s about time I said that, right?” It was the most turbulent protest since the four-day convention began Monday. That decision was sure to spark a new round of second guessing about the campaign’s management of the convention and preparedness for the bruising campaign against Clinton.
