Unity and hopeFormer President Donald Trump on Thursday sent a message of unity to the United States in his first major speech since the assassination attempt, in which he accepted his electoral nomination and assured that With his victory, the country will experience the four greatest years in its history.
“I stand before you tonight with A message of trust, strength and hope. (…) I am running for president for all of America, not half of it, because There is no victory by winning only half“he said with his right ear still bandaged.
Trump spoke at the closing of the Republican National Convention, which opened on Monday in Milwaukee and was aimed at confirm his candidacy and that of his “number two”Ohio Senator JD Vance.
The New York tycoon arrived in the city a day following being shot on Saturday in Butler, Pennsylvania and although he did not intervene until this Thursday, his presence in the previous days He showed that the support of his coreligionists is unwavering.
A commitment to unity was expected and he himself had admitted that following what happened rewrote his speech.
Trump promised a government that would serve Americans “better than ever”: “Nothing will stop me in this mission because our vision is just and our course is pure. No matter what obstacle comes our way. We will not give up, we will not do wrong. We will not back down and I will never stop fighting for you.“, held.
The word fight (fight, in English) It has become popular as a republican cryThe former president said it with his fist raised on Saturday while being evacuated by law enforcement, as he himself recalled on Thursday in an emotional account of what happened.
A story that, he assured, he will not pronounce anymore because finds it “too painful.”
He told how he is still alive having turned his head to show a graphic regarding immigration and said that although there was blood everywhere, in a way he felt “very safe” because he perceived God on his side.
In his speech he barely mentioned the current president, Democrat Joe Biden, or his vice president, Kamala Harris, although He did not skimp on criticism of his rival party.
Donald Trump tells the story regarding how he almost lost his life on Saturday, says he will never tell the story once more because it’s too painful.
You are witnessing history.
Less than a week ago, this man was a quarter inch from death.
Today, he is giving the most… pic.twitter.com/1qbO1dZH9d
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“We should not criminalize dissent or demonize political disagreement, which is what is happening lately in our country at a level that no one has seen before. The Democratic Party should immediately stop using the judicial system as a weapon and labeling the political opponent as an enemy of democracy“, he claimed.
These elections, he said, should focus on the country’s problems and how to get them to this will be “successful, great and free once more”“At a time when our politics too often divide us, it is time to remember that we are all fellow citizens. We are one nation under God, indivisible.”
There was no shortage of allusions to the “migrant invasion”pointing out that will close the border with Mexico on the first day of his hypothetical second term and maintaining the strong anti-immigration rhetoric that characterizes it.
He also accused the Biden Administration of “destroy” Social Security and assured that his government will end inflation.
Donald Trump laid out his promises for a second term in his speech at the Republican National Convention. Here’s what you need to know: pic.twitter.com/ZVP4Y6MfoS
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Venezuela is safer than the US
His tone was more restrained than usual, but his tirade appealed to his usual enemies, even using humor.
Former President Donald Trump said he is running for president of the entire United States during his speech at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Thursday.
— CNN in Spanish (@CNNEE) July 19, 2024
The next Republican convention, he said, will be held in Venezuela because that country is safer than the United States. all the “criminals” who have arrived in the North American country.
It was a speech of just over an hour and a half, longer than expected because the former president He improvised on numerous occasionsAnd he was greeted, unsurprisingly, with a resounding ovation.
The Republican union was both political and familial. These days in Milwaukee Trump has been accompanied by his children Tiffany, Eric and Donald Trump Jr. and the wife and fiancée of the latter two, Lara Trump and Kimberly Guilfoyle, but two central figures were missing: his wife, Melania, and his daughter Ivanka.
RED, WHITE AND BALLOONS: RNC wraps up historic convention in Milwaukee as former President Trump’s family joins him on stage following his first major address since his assassination attempt at a rally in Pennsylvania. pic.twitter.com/f4uypTb7DH
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The two of them took their time. Ivanka appeared in the presidential box on Thursday followingnoon with her husband, Jared Kushner, and Melania did so just before the former president spoke. Smiling and wearing red, She joined the rest of the clan and at the end of the night she gave him a warm kiss on the cheek.
The conservative campaign, which closed the party with the traditional drop of red, white and blue balloons, the colors of the American flag, now begins a two-man stage. Trump and Vance will hold their first joint rally in Michigan on Saturdaya state the Republican won in 2016 and Biden in 2020.
The conservatives thus seem to be gaining unstoppable momentum at a time when Democrats are losing strengthThey are 3.1 points behind in voting intentions and pressure on Biden to withdraw suggests an imminent withdrawal.
Republicans, Trump concluded, are more united than ever. In November, “we will win, we will win, we will win.”
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