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- Trump’s divisive speech and a rightwing mirror world: key takeaways
- Fact-checked: Republican national convention and Trump’s speech
Good morning and welcome to our liveblog coverage. The 2024 Republican national convention in Milwaukee ended last night with a meandering 90 plus-minute speech by Donald Trump, after he formally accepted the Republican nomination for a third time.
Self0-isolating in Delaware after testing positive for Covid, the US president is facing an all-out rebellion from his party. Joe Biden’s team insists he is not considering ending his re-election bid, but the walls appear to be closing in on the embattled 81-year-old.
Read more about Trump’s acceptance speech, which Joan Greve reports included harrowing recounting of the moment a would-be assassin fired at the former president onstage during a rally in Pennsylvania. Despite being billed as a unity speech, Trump often returned to the dark themes that have animated his election campaign.
And don’t miss this colorful dispatch from Milwaukee about how the assassination attempt turned Trump into a “messiah” figure among his fervent followers.
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