MOSCOW, July 17, Viktor Zhdanov. The assassination attempt did not change the schedule Donald Trump, who has already officially nominated himself and named his candidate for vice president. The current head of state, Joe Biden, does not intend to give up. About the new stage of political struggle in the USA — in the material .
Now official, Trump appeared in public at the party convention for the first time since the shootings in Pennsylvania. He entered the hall to thunderous applause with a bandage on his right ear. Judging by the mood in Milwaukee, there are no ardent opponents of the former president among party members, as was the case in 2016.
Republican Party presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump with vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance during the National Convention Republican Party in Milwaukee
This only consolidated the already quite expected result — Trump officially became a presidential candidate. Even the leader of one of the largest driver unions, the Teamsters, Sean O’Brien, came to support the politician. Neither he nor his predecessors had ever attended a Republican convention before.
They did not delay the announcement of the vice-presidential candidate, nominating 39-year-old Senator from Ohio James Vance. The politician's background includes service in the Marine Corps, the war in Iraq, work as a lawyer in Silicon Valley and management of a venture business. Back in 2016, he harshly criticized Trump, but now he goes shoulder to shoulder with him, actively participating in the campaign.
European officials called Vance’s nomination a “catastrophe” for Kyiv. “I have to be honest with you: I really don’t care what happens to Ukraine one way or another,” the vice presidential candidate said. By the way, Trump himself, if elected, may become more skeptical about the Ukrainian issue.
And Trump aide Richard Grenell, who the media is calling a likely candidate for Secretary of State, has suggested creating autonomous regions in Ukraine. According to him, this could preserve the country's integrity and lead to peace.
Richard Grenell
The main thing is to promise»Democrats have given hundreds of billions of dollars to illegal immigrants and foreign countries, while generation Z (those born from the late 1990s to the early 2010s — editor's note) must be discriminated against so that they will never be able to buy their own home, never married and worked until their death,” said Republican Charlie Kirk.
The Republicans decided on their own program for the next four years on the first day of the convention. It was personally studied and approved by Trump himself. They promise to bring the country out of the stagnation in which the United States found itself, according to the authors, due to the fault of the Biden administration, and to end inflation. It is not specified exactly how.
People walk past the US flag in New York
The Americans were also promised to “prevent a third world war and restore peace in Europe and the Middle East.” They plan to achieve this using force. Republicans are going to modernize the armed forces, making them «the most powerful in the world», and build a missile defense system similar to Israel's Iron Dome.
Republicans also want to maintain the dollar as the world's reserve currency and achieve US dominance in the energy market. Opposition to China is separately noted. Ukraine and Russia are not indicated in the program.
The degree of struggle Even before the assassination attempt, analysts noted that the United States was split and found itself “on a powder keg.” Democrats and Republicans did not spare accusations against each other. However, now everything may change, although it is possible that only temporarily.
Clashes between supporters and opponents of the BLM rally in New York
Representative Marjorie Taylor-Green said the attack on Trump was a consequence of the Democrats' harsh rhetoric against the Republicans and their candidate. Biden does not directly admit guilt. “We are all responsible for this,” he said. The US leader called on Americans to reduce the degree of political tension. However, he does not give up the fight, noting that the stakes are extremely high.
Biden spoke with Trump the day after the injury, after which the ex-president said that two criminal prosecutions against him could be dropped. On Monday, a Florida court dismissed the ex-president's case for illegal storage of secret documents. However, these events are not officially connected.
Trump hopes that what happened will make the political struggle “more civilized.” The politician even decided to redo his main speech at the party congress, which he is expected to deliver on Thursday. He is ready to move away from harsh criticism of the Biden administration and Democrats, focusing on the task of unifying the country.
President Joe Biden speaks at a press conference after the NATO summit in Washington
«I think the slogan 'Let's do it' “America united again” sounds pretty cool,” said Reince Priebus, Trump’s former chief of staff.
Biden, meanwhile, said he was ready for a new round of debates in September. According to him, now he is back on horseback and is going to perform more successfully than last time. In addition, the current president accused the media of focusing on his failure, and not on the alleged lies of his opponent.
And this month, their comrades-in-arms may enter the debate: Vice President Kamala Harris “threw down the gauntlet” to Vance.< br>A Morning Consult poll of registered voters showed no significant advantage for Trump over Biden after the attack — 46% to 45%. There are still almost four months until the elections. The outcome of the struggle has not yet been predetermined, and it is unlikely to happen until the last vote is counted.