In his speech on Thursday, Trump promised instant relief from crime and terror, to “make our country rich again” and to add “millions of new jobs and trillions in new wealth”. In response, they booed him as he left his stage.
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But last night on the insane train offered one glimpse of hope: When Ted Cruz went rogue, cameras caught a clearly furious Ivanka in an ugly snarl worn so often by her father and jabbing an accusatory finger, again, just like Dad.
Overseas U.S. allies as well as voters at home will be closely watching his address, which comes the day after his suggestion that he might not defend America’s North Atlantic Treaty Organisation partners as president. He called on Trump to clarify Thursday night when “the world is watching”. Trump supporters see a slip into a lawlessness akin to the late 1960s – a parallel the convention programming played up in Trump’s intro video, as well as in his declaration that he will be the law and order candidate.
The filings show the Trump campaign employed just 74 people last month, a bare-bones operation compared with the more than 650 people Clinton had reported on her payroll in June.
Instead, Trump appeared to have the party’s full attention as he laid out a bleak assessment of the violence and terror that has taken place this summer.
“I’m grateful to Donald Trump’s pro-life views, and I’m grateful that he’s expressed those views so publicly and openly”, Pence said. The remarks, in an interview published Thursday with The New York Times, deviated from decades of US foreign policy doctrine and seemed to suggest he would put new conditions on the 67-year-old alliance’s bedrock principle of collective defense.
In typical Trump fashion, he cast himself as the only one who could solve America’s problems.
“We will stop it”, Trump said.
Democrats, Republicans and worldwide partners warned of the risks of backing away from North Atlantic Treaty Organisation obligations. This speech will put Trump even or ahead of Hillary in polls by Monday, when the Democratic convention begins’.
The war of words and actions could be consequential to Republicans’ hope of winning the White House in November. Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine emerged as the leading contender, according to two Democrats familiar with the selection process, with an announcement expected as early as Friday.
His improvisational speaking style won him the Republican nomination. So if you want to hear the corporate spin, the carefully crafted lies, and the media myths, the Democrats are holding their convention next week.
A chorus of boos broke out after Cruz told the crowd to vote their conscience – a snub to Donald Trump less than 24 hours from his formal acceptance speech.
In a unusual twist of events, Cruz was practically upstaged by Trump near the end of his speech, when the presidential candidate entered the Quicken Loans arena, welcomed with cheers, intertwining with the loud disapproval of the crowd.
Pence insisted Thursday morning that Trump would stand our allies despite the comments, but said in an interview with Fox News that “those countries must pay their fair share”.
Daniel Carter, an Ohio delegate and lawyer who originally wanted Ohio Governor John Kasich to win the nomination, said he would now be working to get Trump into the White House. He insisted he would not be a “servile puppy dog”, especially after Trump’s criticism of his wife and father. Trump shared a social-media post insulting Cruz’s wife’s looks, spread a National Enquirer article about marital infidelity, and insinuated Cruz’s father may have been linked to JFK’s assassination.
“Get over it. This is politics!” said a man in the crowd.
Assuming they can get their national-security act together, Republicans are likely to be helped by future disasters at home or overseas.
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Seventy-three percent (73%) of Likely Republican Voters believe GOP leaders have lost touch with the party’s base. “This is the moment when he has to be much less abrasive, much more inclusive and embracing of people who are not like him. Great love in the arena!”
