Trump’s RNC speech in 60 seconds
Donald Trump accepted his third straight Republican nomination on Thursday by wrapping a fresh gesture toward unity around the same dark view of American decline and loathing for his political opponents and immigrants that have defined his nine-year political career and transformed the GOP.
The former president dramatically recounted the experience of narrowly missing a would-be assassin’s bullet five days ago, and he opened and concluded with calls for Americans to set aside the rancorous partisan divisions he has played no small role in stoking.
In between, he rehearsed his usual themes of framing this election in catastrophic terms, characterizing the current state of affairs with doom and destruction. Trump also used the banner of unity to return to form in assailing the criminal cases against him, saying the prosecutors should drop the charges and Democrats should stop calling him a threat to democracy.
He invited Democrats, independents and minorities to join his cause, positioning the entire citizenry as shared victims of failed leadership and foreigners. He returned to his refrain of vilifying undocumented immigrants as dangerous, describing them without evidence as criminals and mentally ill. Within half an hour, the speech started resembling a typical rally, with ad-libbed shout-outs to VIPs and railing against subpoenas and former House speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).
Caption from reporting by Isaac Arnsdorf and Josh Dawsey.
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