Trump’s defiant speech on the final night of the Republican National Convention channeled the anger and frustration of the record number of primary voters who carried him to victory.
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He set out his vision for a more inward-looking United States, framing his economic and foreign policies around a domestic focus in an age of globalisation.
Regarding the accusations against Rafael Cruz, Trump said that he had merely referred to a story in the National Enquirer, whose credibility he commended.
“Our convention occurs at a moment of crisis for our nation”.
His speech also, somewhat surprisingly, included a shout-out to LGBT Americans, a group that the party platform was particularly unfriendly to this year. “Many have witnessed this violence personally, some have even been its victims”. “The crime and violence that today afflicts our nation will soon come to an end”.
“Beginning on 20 January, 2017, safety will be restored”.
She watched the speech in the box reserved for Trump’s family, accompanied by her son, Barron, the youngest of Donald Trump’s children.
And in the Reality Check, Mehdi Hasan takes a look at what the rest of the world thinks about a potential Trump presidency. 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. And a bevy of buzzwords and predictable attacks directed toward presumable Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
The real estate businessman promised to create jobs for all Americans by cutting taxes and reducing regulations on businesses. He then proclaimed that “I am your voice” to the American people.
That all related to the controversy over Mrs Clinton’s use of a private email server while she was secretary of state, a transgression the head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation recently called “extremely careless”. The party of business could not have been happy about Trump’s repeated opposition to nearly every trade deal that has been negotiated in the past quarter century-or his declaration that the era of multilateral trade agreements is over.
“I have visited the laid-off factory workers, and the communities crushed by our disgusting and unfair trade deals”.
The Republican nominee also addressed recent terrorist attacks in the United States and overseas.
But he dramatically shifted his tone on Thursday, the most important night of his campaign so far, a turn towards seriousness that his campaign team has been promising for months. LGBT is short for the words lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender. “It is my hope over the next several weeks that he can start showing a plan of how he is going to do these things”, he said. He pledged to fight terrorism by improving intelligence gathering and working with allies in the region to battle IS. More likely, they simply won’t show up on election day – unless Ms. Clinton can convince them she is more than a repackaging of the same ideas we’ve been deadlocked over for the past generation.
In her speech, Trump’s oldest daughter tried to appeal to millennials, women, and minorities by arguing that her father is compassionate and caring. She praised her father as “the people’s nominee” and said he is someone who will fight for the American people.
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Ivanka, who has worked alongside her father for more than 10 years, said he is “color blind and gender neutral” when it comes to his businesses. “He hires the best person for the job, period”. Donald Trump’s eldest daughter, Ivanka Trump, took the stage at the Republican National Convention on Thursday, July 21 – and her speech was very well received. Hai Do was the editor. “Now that he’s been nominated, I want to see what he’s going to do”, said Dean Narang, the head of Broward County Republicans, an influential bloc of voters in southern Florida.
