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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Hilary Beaumont

Trump’s control over party in focus as Republicans convene, post-shooting

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump arrives for a campaign rally in Doral, Florida, on July 9 [Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo]

The words read like one of his social media posts. Sentences abruptly shifted into uppercase letters. Warnings of chaos and instability, and false claims about immigration, leapt from the page. And sprinkled throughout was his trademark catchphrase, “Make America Great Again”.

But this was no social media screed from former United States President Donald Trump. Instead, it was the new draft platform for the Republican Party, released in advance of its national convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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