President Trump is rewriting his entire speech for this week’s Republican National Convention, following the assassination attempt on his life during Saturday’s rally.
Trump has said that he is rewriting the speech to focus on unity. His original speech targeted the failed policies of Joe Biden.
“The speech I was going to give on Thursday was going to be a humdinger,” Trump told a reporter from The Washington Examiner, “Had this not happened, this would’ve been one of the most incredible speeches. Honestly, it’s going to be a whole different speech now.”
“This is a chance to bring the whole country, even the whole world, together,” he added, “The speech will be a lot different, a lot different than it would’ve been two days ago.”
My interview with President Trump today where he talks about yesterday’s events, how it changed him and how that led to him to ultimately “meet the moment” and rewrite his convention speech. https://t.co/PR22wD8XMZ
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BREAKING
In what appears to be his first interview since yesterday’s shooting, Trump told the Washington Examiner he is rewriting his speech for the Republican National Convention.
“The speech will be a lot different, a lot different than it would’ve been two days ago”
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From The Washington Examiner:
Former President Donald Trump has completely rewritten his convention speech in light of the assassination attempt against him on Saturday and will call on Thursday for a new effort at national unity.
In an exclusive interview with the Washington Examiner a day after being hit by a sniper’s bullet, Trump said he wanted to take advantage of a historic moment and draw the country together.
“The speech I was going to give on Thursday was going to be a humdinger,” he said, “Had this not happened, this would’ve been one of the most incredible speeches” aimed mostly at the policies of President Joe Biden. “Honestly, it’s going to be a whole different speech now.”
He has switched, he said, from planning to excite his voter base to one that demonstrates his belief that the attack on him at a rally in Pennsylvania had changed the election campaign entirely. Both Republicans and Democrats have acknowledged this in the aftermath of Saturday’s shocking incident.
Trump said people all across the country from different walks of life and different political views have called him, and he noted that he was saved from death because he turned from the crowd to look at a screen showing data he was using in his speech.
“That reality is just setting in,” he said. “I rarely look away from the crowd. Had I not done that in that moment, well, we would not be talking today, would we?”
Talking as he boarded his plane in Bedminster, New Jersey, for Milwaukee, where the Republican National Convention starts Monday and lasts through Thursday, Trump said his speech will meet the moment that history demands. “It is a chance to bring the country together. I was given that chance.”
Early Sunday morning, Trump posted on Truth social that it was “God alone who prevented the unthinkable from happening” and that he would “fear not.” Again, in talking to the Washington Examiner, he invoked “God” for his deliverance.
“This is a chance to bring the whole country, even the whole world, together. The speech will be a lot different, a lot different than it would’ve been two days ago,” he said.
I, for one, can’t wait to hear what Trump has to say at the RNC.
