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Trump accepts the Republican nomination with pledges to end wars

2024-07-19 07:35:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

Trump accepts the Republican nomination with pledges to end wars

Former American president, Donald Trump

The former American president, Donald Trump, accepted late Thursday - according to local time - the Republican nomination for president in the November race, as he delivered a speech at the Republican National Convention. In the speech, he described how he experienced the assassination of him days ago.

"I was not supposed to be here tonight," Trump said in front of thousands of participants, who listened quietly.

"There was blood everywhere, but in a way I had faith because I had God on my side."

Trump suffered an injury to his right ear when the assailant, identified by US authorities as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, attacked him and a campaign crowd before he was killed by the Secret Service on July 13. .

One member of the audience died from his injuries. Trump has vowed to end conflicts in the world, including the one in Ukraine.

In his 92-minute address — the longest ever in the Convention's history — Trump sharply criticized incumbent President Joe Biden's foreign policies, including the chaotic withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan in August 2021. As he repeated many false claims, which he has made in the past, about "stealing" the 2020 election, crime in the United States, the economy and immigration policies, Trump has said he can stop wars "with a phone call ".

This statement has been seen by some as a reference to the war in Ukraine, launched by Russia in 2022. He has also pledged to return home "American hostages" who are being held in many countries around the world, a reference that is believed to include some US citizens currently being held in Russia.

At several times throughout the speech, he spoke in softer tones and with very personal messages, linked by his experience of assassination and the possibility of death.

"The divisions in our society must be healed. We need to heal them quickly. As Americans, we are bound by the same fate. We grow together. Or we fall together", said Trump, holding a bandage on his right ear, after the blow he experienced during the assassination on Saturday. "I am running to be the president of all of America, not half of America, because there is no victory by ensuring the victory of half of America."

Trump's address marks the end of the four-day Republican Convention, which has been attended by thousands of activists as pressure mounts for the November presidential election, in which Trump is expected to face off against incumbent Joe Biden, who is seeking a second term. .

Although there are less than four months left until the race, there is still the possibility of big changes.

Biden, 81, has recently faced pressure from allies in Congress, donors and even former US President Barack Obama himself - a good friend of Biden's - to drop out of the race, as there are concerns that he will not can win the elections, especially after a debate facing Trump weeks ago, which did not go well. Currently, Biden is in isolation at his home in Dellauer, after contracting the coronavirus, which causes the disease COVID-19.

Biden, who is reported to be experiencing mild symptoms, is vaccinated against the virus and has a booster dose.

He has been infected twice with this virus in the past./Rel