I shouldn't be here today, Trump said in his first speech.

I shouldn't be here today, Trump said in his first speech.

Donald Trump The candidate's nomination was officially accepted on Thursday night, the 18th of this month. the Republican Party To compete for presidency The follower we At the Shortcut Conference, which has been taking place since Monday in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

In his first speech since the attack on him at a rally last Saturday, Trump said he wanted to usher in a new era, with security and prosperity for American citizens. He stressed that he wanted to govern for all people and that it was necessary to “heal” the divisions in the country.

Attack on the gathering

After formally accepting the nomination as the Republican nominee, Trump recalled Saturday’s attack, saying it would be the only time the public would hear him talk about it, because it was something “too painful” to talk about. The former president said that if he hadn’t turned his head as the bullet came in, “I wouldn’t be here.” He declared, “I shouldn’t be here tonight.”

Trump claimed that after the shooting, the crowd thought he was dead. He said he stood up, raised his arm and shouted, “Killer, killer, killer.” He then remembered Republican Cory Comperatore, the firefighter who died at the rally, and two others who were injured.

“He was a very respected firefighter, and his wife Helen is a wonderful woman, I spoke to her,” he said. “He protected his family and he got hurt.” Trump then stepped away from the podium and approached a comperator costume that was laid out on the convention stage. The former president kissed the firefighter’s helmet.

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change tone

Trump changed his tone to criticize his Democratic rivals who have been pressuring Joe Biden to drop out of the race since his disastrous debate performance against Trump.

The former president said Democrats were using the justice system against him. “The Democratic Party must immediately stop using the justice system and calling their opponent an enemy of democracy,” Trump said. “Because that’s not true. In fact, I am the one saving democracy for the people of our country.”

Trump has criticized the Biden administration, calling it a “completely incompetent administration” and that the November election is “the most important in our country.” The former president has promised to end inflation, lower interest rates, combat illegal immigration into the United States, and end ongoing conflicts around the world, such as the wars in Ukraine and Gaza.

Trump said he would “bring back the American dream” and stated that “if you took the ten worst presidents in American history and added them to the list, they wouldn’t have done the damage that Biden has done.”

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Trump claimed that countries like Venezuela and El Salvador send their “criminals” to the United States, which is why crime rates are low in those places, before vowing to carry out the “largest deportation operation” in US history if elected.

JD Vance Speech

This Wednesday, Vice President Trump, Senator from Ohio JD Vance speaks At the event. In his speech, Vance focused on his origins to create a new story about his life. American Dream (The American Dream) Trumpism, in order to win over what had become the Republican Party's electoral base – lower-middle-class white workers, many of whom had never had a higher education.

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Vance, 39, was born in Appalachia, Ohio, in an industrial town. He says he had a tough childhood before joining the Navy, Yale Law School and then the Senate, in 2022. His story certainly inspired his book in part. Once in a dreamWhich became an Oscar-nominated Netflix movie. The argument here, to the Republican electorate, was simple: Even though he is in a position of power today, he understands their daily struggles.

He accused “career politicians” like US President Joe Biden of destroying communities like his through ill-fated business initiatives and foreign wars. (He also took the opportunity to mock the Democrat, saying Biden has been in politics longer than he has been alive.)

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In a sign of the ticket's potential value, Vance also appealed specifically to the middle and working classes in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — three swing statesThese are states where neither party has a majority, so anyone could win them, potentially deciding the November 5 election.

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