Donald Trump accused Democratic rival Hillary Clinton of a legacy of “death, destruction, terrorism and weakness” as USA secretary of state and declared himself a friend of the working class in a speech on Thursday accepting the Republican presidential nomination.
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In a special UpFront, from the RNC, we speak to one of Trump’s top advisers, potential defense secretary Michael Flynn, about why he supports the candidate.
The first three days of this week’s convention bordered on chaos, starting with a plagiarism charge involving his wife Melania Trump’s speech and moving on to Texas Sen.
“I appreciate Trump’s rhetoric”.
Addressing a raucous crowd in Cleveland, Ohio, on the final day of the GOP’s presidential nominating convention, the billionaire businessman and former reality TV star said the United States is facing a “moment of crisis” and vowed that his plan “will put America first”.
The speech will set the tone for Trump’s next three months of campaigning, explaining why he feels Clinton is unfit to lead and why he would be better at improving the USA economy and handling the threat of Islamic State militants.
“I am your voice”, he concluded. This is the legacy of Hillary Clinton: “death, destruction, terrorism and weakness”, Trump said.
Mr Donald Trump is planning to sketch out a vision of a nation hovering on the brink of disaster as he presents himself as the only leader who can protect Americans and fix a suffering economy.
But he again failed to provide any detailed policies to explain how he would manage to realize all his promises. The acronym LGBT is more commonly used to refer to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. And he assailed Cruz for changing part of his speech.
“We will be a country of generosity and warmth, but we will also be a country of law and order”, he said. Some tied to other recent GOP presidential candidates even declared the end of the GOP. Nobody had thought he could go this far. They’re not saying, ‘Oh that wasn’t really my father.’ It was a little hard to do.
The surreal rant against Cruz came as Trump boasted about party unity.
Though he beat 16 primary rivals, he is viewed with unprecedented negativity by the broader electorate, and is struggling in particular with younger voters and minorities, groups Republican leaders know they need for the party to grow.
This week’s Republican National Convention has seen drama ranging from the plagiarised speech his wife delivered and the way the campaign prolonged the episode to Ted Cruz’s shocking address on Wednesday in which he refused to endorse Trump and encouraged Americans to vote their conscience, CNN reported.
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The division has been alarming to the establishment members of the party.
