Former US President Donald Trump accepts this Thursday (18) the nomination to officially be the Republican Party candidate in the race for the White House. The ceremony marks the end of the Republican National Convention, which in the last four days has mobilized the bases of the conservative coalition around Trump.
The politician, target of an attack last Saturday while holding a rally in Pennsylvania, is expected to speak later in the evening.
So far, Trump’s former main rivals for the nomination, former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, have offered strong support for his candidacy despite previous criticism.
Senator JD Vance, Trump’s running mate and another former critic turned loyalist, presented himself Wednesday as a son of a neglected Ohio factory town who will fight for the working class if elected in November. .
For Trump’s political opponents, his dominance of the party portends a darker time as he makes good on his promises to expand the power of the presidency, exact revenge on his enemies and threaten long-standing democratic institutions.
Vance would promote “an agenda that puts extremism and the ultra-wealthy above our democracy,” Joe Biden’s campaign said Wednesday.
Vance has opposed military aid to Ukraine and defended Trump’s attempts to reverse his 2020 election loss to Biden.
His speech embraced many of the fundamental principles of Trumpism, promising to give priority to national production over Chinese imports and warning allies that they would no longer be able to “free ride” to guarantee world peace.
(With information from Reuters)
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