Trump’s RNC acceptance in his 1st speech after the shooting
di Valentina Cordero (Corrispondente da New York)
“Together we will launch a new era of safety, prosperity, and freedom for citizens of every race, religion, color, and creed.” With these words and with a covered bandaged ear, Republican candidate Donald Trump addressed everyone while delivering his nomination acceptance speech on Thursday night at the Republican National Convention.
The event took place just five days after the assassination attempt that could have ended his life during a rally in Pennsylvania, but that, according to Trump, the grace of God saved him.
“If I had not moved my head at that very last instance, the assassin’s bullet would have perfectly hit its mark,” he said during his first public remarks after the shooting. “And I would not be here tonight, we woud not be together.”
With an about 90 minutes speech, which took place at the end of a four-day convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the speech was the longest in a convention in modern history.
The former president, at least in the first part of the event, appeared calmer and softer than ever before, almost a changed man. And his speech was first of all a message of hope and unification because “the division in our society must be healed,” and that “we rise together or we fall apart.”
“I am running to be president for all of America, not half of America,” he stated. “Because there is no victory in winning for half of America.”
After this message, Trump returned Trump and, with his usual charisma and his typical tone, he focused on what needs to be done for the country given “a devastating inflation crisis.” President Joe Biden’ s name was mentioned only once, though.
He criticized immigration, and “the massive invasion on our southern borders,” pointing the finger to other countries, accusing them to treat America like a “dumping ground.”
The invasion of Ukraine and the Israel’s war were also big themes of his speech, as expected. The US withdrawal from Afghanistan was another topic he used to criticize the Democratic party as it was “the worst humiliation in the history of our country,” according to him.
“We have totally incompetent leadership,” he stated. “This will be the most important election in the history of our country.”
Towards the end of his speech, Trump mentioned again the shooting explaining that “we live in a World of miracles. None of us knows God’s plan, or where life’s adventure will take us.”
“Together we will save this country,” he concluded. “”America’s future will be bigger, better, bolder, brighter, happier, stronger, freer, greater, and more united than ever before.”
