Trump has predicted that Biden will start World War III and present himself as the savior of the country.
MILWAUKEE: In his first address since a fatal attack on him, Donald Trump told an anxious audience at the Republican National Convention on Thursday how he narrowly escaped an attack on his life and was only by the grace of God. There were
As he spoke to the crowd in Milwaukee, a thick bandage still covering his ear, Trump said he heard a loud rustling sound and felt something hit his right ear very hard. Collided. I said to myself, 'Wow, what was that? It could just be a bullet, she said in her speech.
When the former US president said he shouldn't be here delegates responded Yes you are!
The former president struck an unusually conciliatory tone during the opening moments of the speech when he formally accepted the Republican presidential nomination for the Nov. 5 election.
I'm running to be president for all of America, not for half of America, because there's no victory in winning for half of America," he said in a marked shift in term for the typically combative former president.
But he quickly turned to well-worn attacks on the Biden administration, which he said was destroying the country. He claimed without evidence that his criminal charges were part of a Democratic conspiracy, predicted that President Joe Biden, his Democratic rival, would start World War III, and described what he called the southern border. But called the invasion of immigrants.
In the rambling remarks that followed — the longest convention speech in history at more than 90 minutes — Trump abandoned the message of unity he had promised for his usual mix of bombast and complaint. has promised to adopt the right, repeating his false claim that the Democrats stole 2020. Election
Trump asserted as he has throughout his political career, that only he is capable of saving the country from certain doom.
I can stop wars with a telephone call he said.
The speech capped a four-day program during which he was greeted by a party that was now almost entirely under his spell.
In a statement, Biden campaign chair Jane O'Malley Dillon said Trump only presented problems, not solutions.
It was Donald Trump who destroyed our economy, took away rights, and failed middle-class families he said. Now he pursues the presidency with an even more extreme vision of where he wants to take this country.
Biden 'Soul Searching'
Biden, meanwhile, was doing soul-searching about whether to drop out of the race, one source said, after senior party figures congressional allies and major donors warned him that he 27 Can't win after stopping June's debate performance
Biden, 81, was isolated at his Delaware home after contracting COVID-19. His doctor said he was experiencing mild symptoms.
Trump devoted much of his speech to attacking immigrants, a theme that has always animated his presidential campaigns.
They're coming from prisons, they're coming from prisons, they're coming from mental institutions and insane asylums he said, before naming several Americans suspected of being in the country illegally. was killed
There is no evidence that foreign governments are deliberately sending people to the U.S. Academic studies show that immigrants do not commit crimes at higher rates than native-born Americans.
According to the American Presidency Project at the University of California, Santa Barbara, the speech broke Trump's 2016 record for the longest delivered by a candidate. His 2020 convention address, delivered at the White House, was the third-longest ever.
After Trump finished, his family and his running mate, Senator J.D. Vance, walked to the stage as balloons dropped from the ceiling. His wife Melania Trump, who is rarely seen on the campaign trail, joined him on Thursday for the first time this week.
At 39, half Trump's age, Vance is widely seen as the ideological heir to Trump's Make America Great movement.
JD you're going to be doing this for a long time Trump said. Enjoy the ride.
Trump tightens his grip on the party.
A select group of speakers — including conservative commentator Tucker Carlson, who received a standing ovation, and Trump's son Eric — used divisive language to condemn the Biden administration.
John Naiport, head pro at Trump's Florida Golf Club, praised Trump's skills on the course and claimed the former president had won 21 club championships.
Joe Biden? Zero he said, evoking a surreal moment from a presidential debate when Trump and Biden argued over which of the two candidates had the better golf game.
With his grip on the Republican Party never tightening, Trump will be in a much stronger position than during his 2017-2021 term to pursue his agenda if he wins the election.
Biden is facing increasing pressure from his party's heavyweights to relinquish his position at the top of the ticket. Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is among those who have told her she cannot win in November, according to White House sources familiar with the matter.
After weeks of insisting he would stay in the race, Biden is now making serious calls to step aside, and several Democratic officials believe it's time to get out, according to sources familiar with the matter.
Democratic leaders in the House and Senate — Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer — have told Biden directly that he will not only lose the White House but also jeopardize his efforts to win back the House, according to multiple news outlets. According to reports.
Sen. Jon Tester, who is facing a re-election battle in Montana this year, on Thursday became the 21st congressional Democrat and the second senator to publicly call on Biden to step down.
