In the same riff on immigration and refugees, a recurring motif in an effort to appeal to disenfranchised voters from beyond the Republican convention hall in Cleveland, he set out who believed should be able to live in the US.
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A triumphant Donald Trump accepted the Republican White House nomination on Thursday, promising fearful Americans he would restore “safety” to a country mired in crises that had lost its way.
Ahead of the convention, the Tampa Bay Times posted a picture of a sign outside the Trump campaign’s Florida headquarters that said the office was “temporarily closed” while staff work to prepare for the national convention.
His reassurance that America, under his leadership, would fix its relationship with Israel, prompted loud whoops. But the way it was achieved seemed to smash much chance for widespread party unity behind Mr. Trump, with one delegation, from Colorado, walking off the convention floor.
“Yes, yes, that’s right”, she said, punching the air.
Trump didn’t earn it with many new ideas.
“The problems we face now – poverty and violence at home, war and destruction overseas – will last only as long as we continue relying on the same politicians who created them”, he said. Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey followed that up with, “Every Republican who is not working for Trump is working for Clinton”. He described her legacy as one of “death, destruction, terrorism and weakness”, which sounds like a great name for a heavy metal band.
I will not forget that the media handled Trump with kid gloves throughout the primary, openly admitting he was great for business, letting him get his message out unfettered as he spent only pocket change on his campaign. “It was pure Trump”, he said.
“That is why Hillary Clinton’s message is that things will never change”.
References to “The Apprentice” abounded, with Trump’s acceptance essentially serving as the final chapter of a four-night limited series. While he kept his pledges relatively subdued on Thursday, he has previously said he will deport all 11 undocumented immigrants within two years, eliminate the entire national debt in eight years (he later walked it back), and even make Americans say “Merry Christmas” instead of “Happy Holidays”.
Trump’s message of fear stood in sharp contrast to speeches earlier in the night, which offered a much more cheerful view of politics.
“I’m starting to feel a little sorry for Hillary Clinton”. Because Donald Trump is going to wipe. “Her. Out”, she said. No, he didn’t broaden the base of the party significantly though he did speak about minorities and the LGBTQ community in ways that he hadn’t done before. And Trump again provoked concern among party leaders when he told the New York Times on Wednesday that the USA might not defend North Atlantic Treaty Organisation allies if the countries had failed to contribute their fair share to the alliance’s budget.
“Democrats will focus on issues, not anger”, Podesta said.
It was reminiscent of Richard Nixon’s 1968 address on law and order, noted Donald Green, an expert on political psychology and the co-author of Partisan Hearts and Minds. He went out of his way to vow to protect gay Americans – at least from attacks by jihadi terrorists – although he said nothing about extending their rights in this country.
“It is true that the U.S. overall will suffer under a Trump presidency from a foreign policy perspective”.
The Trump team should not have been surprised when Cruz defied the call to rally around the nominee – Cruz had provided an advance copy of the speech and it was delivered as written.
The coup plot was neutralized by Rules Committee technicalities. Those worrisome violent demonstrations never materialized, for the most part, possibly owing to a 5,500-strong police presence. It was a high-stakes strategic gamble: Cruz is betting Trump will lose, and that he’ll emerge prophetic and untainted by being among the few Republicans who refused to associate himself with it.
Marco Gutierrez, a Trump delegate from East Bay, Calif., conceded the candidate has some selling to do before he can win over more Latinos. Doing so will be essential to claiming victory in November’s general election.
The Republican divisiveness was on full display Thursday morning at a hotel breakfast featuring Cruz, said Thomas Mathis, a Texas delegate who came face-to-face with Cruz supporters who called him a “coward” for refusing to side with the “conscience” rebels.
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Repeated refrains of how the property developer-turned-TV star “alone” could save the “forgotten” electorate from all their economic and social woes – “I am your voice”, he boomed – prompted one-time Democrat presidential contender to Bernie Sanders to question what job he was after. The Republican angst was a natural outgrowth of prominent party figures spending the past year raising expectations that she’d go to prison.
