{"id":245469,"date":"2024-07-19T15:13:34","date_gmt":"2024-07-19T15:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/19\/5-takeaways-from-the-former-presidents-rnc-speech-hollywood-life\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:14:24","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:14:24","slug":"5-takeaways-from-the-former-presidents-rnc-speech-hollywood-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/19\/5-takeaways-from-the-former-presidents-rnc-speech-hollywood-life\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Takeaways from the Former President\u2019s RNC Speech \u2013 Hollywood Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"entry-media edge-to-edge entry-media--lead-image\" aria-describedby=\"lead-image-credit\">\n<div class=\"image-wrapper image-wrapper--widescreen\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"384\" height=\"216\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-2162612101_854b18-e1721394093593.jpg?quality=100&amp;w=384&amp;h=216&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-hl-384x216-tc size-hl-384x216-tc wp-post-image\" alt=\"MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN - JULY 18: Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks after officially accepting the Republican presidential nomination on stage on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 18, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Delegates, politicians, and the Republican faithful are in Milwaukee for the annual convention, concluding with former President Donald Trump accepting his party's presidential nomination. The RNC takes place from July 15-18. (Photo by Leon Neal\/Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-2162612101_854b18-e1721394093593.jpg?quality=100&amp;w=384&amp;h=216&amp;crop=1 384w, https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-2162612101_854b18-e1721394093593.jpg?quality=100&amp;w=768&amp;h=432&amp;crop=1 768w, https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-2162612101_854b18-e1721394093593.jpg?quality=100&amp;w=1536&amp;h=864&amp;crop=1 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 670px\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><figcaption id=\"lead-image-credit\">Image Credit: Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!-- .entry-media --><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/celeb\/donald-trump\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\"><strong>Donald Trump<\/strong><\/a> gave a nearly two-hour speech, apparently the longest in American history, to conclude the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Thursday evening.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-3\">Following the rally shooting over the weekend, Trump said that he had rewritten his speech to focus on unity. It was also Trump\u2019s first speech since he named Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2024\/07\/15\/breaking-donald-trump-announces-running-mate-j-d-vance-for-upcoming-election\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\"><strong>JD Vance<\/strong><\/a> of Ohio as his running mate. And it came as the candidacy of his chief opponent, President <a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/celeb\/joe-biden\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\"><strong>Joe Biden<\/strong><\/a>, appeared to be on its last legs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col max-w-full\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] text-message flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 whitespace-pre-wrap break-words [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5 overflow-x-auto\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"389b3646-fbc1-4545-a4fb-6f04d089d0bf\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-4\">The first 15 minutes of Trump\u2019s speech had a more serious tone as he recounted his experience from Saturday. He talked about unity and stated at one point \u00a0I am the one saving democracy for the people of our country.\u201d, but the rest of the more than 90-minute-long speech became thoroughly confusing, conflicting with some of his earlier points.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-5\"><iframe title=\"WATCH LIVE: Donald Trump speaks at 2024 Republican National Convention | 2024 RNC Night 4\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WT0jqAQ9Omk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-6\">Here are 5 takeaways from Trump\u2019s Thursday night address.<\/p>\n<h2>Trump Recounted His Assassination Attempt<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-7\">Shortly after accepting the GOP nomination, Trump sporting the large bandage on his right ear that he\u2019s had on throughout the 4-day convention spoke about the shooting at his Butler, Pennsylvania, rally on Saturday, saying this would be the last time he would recount the experience \u201cbecause it\u2019s actually too painful to tell.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-8\">\u201cI heard a loud whizzing sound and felt something hit me really, really hard on my right ear,\u201d he said. \u201cI said to myself, \u2018Wow, what was that? It can only be a bullet,\u2019 and moved my right hand to my ear, brought it down. My hand was covered with blood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-9\">\u201cI stand before you in this arena only by the grace of Almighty God,\u201d Trump continued, echoing the same idea of divine intervention that flowed freely from the stage during the convention. \u201cI\u2019m not supposed to be here tonight,\u201d he said, with delegates responding with a chant of \u201cYes you are! Yes you are!\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"b7dd0cb7-f388-4e72-b2d4-e1757628daf0\" class=\"premium\" data-toc-id=\"b7dd0cb7-f388-4e72-b2d4-e1757628daf0\">The former president also paid tribute to <a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/who-is-corey-comperatore-5297400\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\"><strong>Corey Comperatore<\/strong><\/a>, the 50-year-old firefighter who was killed at the rally when he tried to shield his family from the gunman.<\/p>\n<p class=\"premium\" data-toc-id=\"b7dd0cb7-f388-4e72-b2d4-e1757628daf0\">\u201cThere is no greater love than to lay down one\u2019s life for others,\u201d Trump said. He briefly stepped away from the podium to pose with Comperatore\u2019s firefighter suit and kiss the late man\u2019s helmet.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump embraces the firefighter uniform of Corey Comperatore as he speaks on stage on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/olsongetty?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\">@olsongetty<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/somogettynews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\">@somogettynews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ljJA384rpD\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\">pic.twitter.com\/ljJA384rpD<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-10\">\u2014 Getty Images News (@GettyImagesNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GettyImagesNews\/status\/1814133812156092903?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\">July 19, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>Trump Declared He Will Be the One Upholding Democracy<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-12\">\u201cThe discord and division in our society must be healed. As Americans, we are bound together by a single fate and a shared destiny,\u201d he said. \u201cI am running to be president for all of America, not half of America, because there is no victory in winning for half of America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-13\">It seemed at first that Trump was trying to embody a less partisan version of himself \u2014 still a giant personality, but one that uses his stature for the country\u2019s benefit. Yet he quickly switched gears, declaring at one point that Democrats are \u201cdestroying our country.\u201d He also continued to lie about the results of the 2020 election.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-14\">\u201cWe had that horrible, horrible result that we\u2019ll never let happen again,\u201d he said. \u201cThe election result, we\u2019re never going to let that happen again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-15\">But regarding the swing state of Milwaukee, Trump wanted to be very honest about his intention to let his money do the talking: <span style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;\">\u201cWisconsin, we are spending over $250 million here, creating jobs and other economic development all over the place\u2026. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;\">I am trying to buy your vote, I\u2019ll be honest about that,\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-16\">News emerged that he had previously used the word \u201chorrible\u201d to describe the city.<span style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;\"> There were reports from <\/span><a class=\" js-tealium-tracking \" style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/18\/us\/politics\/trump-milwaukee-rnc.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-tracking=\"mpos=&amp;mid=&amp;lindex=&amp;lcol=\" aria-label=\" The New York Times (opens in a new window)\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\">\u00a0<u><em>The New York Times<\/em><\/u><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;\"> and <\/span><a class=\" js-tealium-tracking \" style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/post\/donald-trump-stay-chicago-during-2024-rnc-milwaukee\/14971275\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-tracking=\"mpos=&amp;mid=&amp;lindex=&amp;lcol=\" aria-label=\"ABC7 Chicago (opens in a new window)\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\"><u>ABC7 Chicago<\/u><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;\"> that he even planned to stay in Chicago, possibly at one of his own hotels, and commute to Milwaukee for his speech. His campaign later denied the reporting.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>He Wasn\u2019t As <em>Giving<\/em> When It Came To Details For His Possible Next Term<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-17\">Trump made sweeping promises to end inflation and secure the border. He said \u201cRepublicans have a plan\u201d to bring down energy prices \u201cvery, very rapidly.\u201d He didn\u2019t say what it is.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-18\">He said he\u2019d \u201cdrill, baby, drill\u201d and \u201creduce your taxes.\u201d He suggested falsely that Democrats want to raise taxes \u201cby four times\u201d what they are now.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-19\">The most specific he got was promising to roll back Biden administration efforts to combat climate change, direct all infrastructure spending to \u201croads and bridges,\u201d and impose steep tariffs.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Donald Trump tells the Republican National Convention (RNC) he will \u201cend the illegal immigration crisis\u201d in the US by closing the border and finishing the wall.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-20\">Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vgkPtCCZCa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\">https:\/\/t.co\/vgkPtCCZCa<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/48DX5Yz2VW\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\">pic.twitter.com\/48DX5Yz2VW<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-21\">\u2014 Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlArabiya_Eng\/status\/1814251224826314909?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\">July 19, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2><strong>He Leaned Into His Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col max-w-full\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] text-message flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 whitespace-pre-wrap break-words [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5 overflow-x-auto\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"2335b326-346e-4d1d-8cf1-7933f39fedbb\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-23\">\u201cHe\u2019s going to formally grant a mass amnesty to millions of illegal aliens that came into our country,\u201d he told the crowd, which responded with boos, speaking about Biden\u2019s newly announced policy initiative to shield tens of thousands of undocumented immigrants living in the United States from deportation. \u201cUnder this program, illegals will be given immediate green cards and put on the fast track to rapid citizenship so they can vote.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-24\">He added, \u201cOur country is under invasion. We should not be talking amnesty. We should be talking about stopping the invasion instead.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Trump Barely Mentioned Biden or Harris<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-25\">Although many of his counterparts made targeted jokes at Biden and Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/who-is-kamala-harris-3485828\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\"><strong>Kamala Harris<\/strong><\/a>, Trump himself barely acknowledged the Democratic incumbents. \u201cI\u2019m only going to say it one time,\u201d he said, after mentioning Biden by name. At another point, he referred to him merely as \u201cthis person.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-26\">\u201cIf you took the 10 worst presidents in the history of the United States \u2014 think of it, the 10 worst, added them up \u2014 they will not have done the damage that Biden has done,\u201d Trump said. \u201cOnly gonna use the term once. Biden, I\u2019m not going to use the name anymore. Just one time.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col max-w-full\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] text-message flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 whitespace-pre-wrap break-words [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5 overflow-x-auto\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"b6d2b62e-322a-48b8-992d-a5a4a8550d7b\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-27\">The coverage of Trump\u2019s speech on TV was rivaled by news of the <a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2024\/07\/17\/biden-to-consider-dropping-out-of-presidential-race-if-medical-condition-emerged\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\">potential exit<\/a> of President Biden, as reports of the 81-year-old isolating in Delaware after <a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2024\/07\/18\/president-joe-biden-tests-covid-positive\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\">testing positive for COVID<\/a> loomed larger and larger.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2024\/07\/19\/donald-trump-5-takeaways-from-the-former-rnc-speech\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Image Credit: Getty Images Donald Trump gave a nearly two-hour speech, apparently the longest in American history, to conclude the Republican National Convention in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":245470,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245469"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245469\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}