From Grace to Grievance: Trump Preaches as Republicans Nominate Him for a Third Time

Ex-President Donald Trump took the stage of a convention choreographed to soften his image, staged by a party he has captured. He dropped a hint of being humbled by an assassination attempt just five days ago. “I am here before you in this arena only by the grace of an almighty God,” he told a rapt audience.

In 92 minutes, however, initial grace turned to grievance, uplifting prose gave way to personal attacks (“crazy Nancy Pelosi”), praise for dictatorial rulers, partisan hyperbole (“They’re destroying our country”), and ceaseless self-praise.

Donald Trump is not a changed man. The Democrats, in disarray with party grandees and donors pressing for President Biden to drop his reelection bid, took away renewed hope from Trump’s speech. “My takeaway from this speech is that this guy is beatable: We just have to get our shit together,” former Obama speechwriter Tommy Vietor wrote on social media.

“Boring. Rambling. Liar,” was the three-word comment from California Gov. Gavin Newsom, whose onetime wife Kimberly Guilfoyle is now romantically linked to Donald Trump, Jr., who delivered a fiery red meat speech at the GOP convention.

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