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The Guardian - US
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Joan E Greve in Milwaukee

Trump speech mixes unity and hate as he caps off Republican convention

man stands in front of crowd with lights behind him reading 'trump'
Donald Trump arrives onstage to speak during the last day of the Republican national convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Thursday. Photograph: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images

As Donald Trump recounted the terrifying moment when a would-be assassin attempted to kill him on Saturday, the adoring audience at the Republican national convention in Milwaukee hung on his every word. Trump then accepted the Republican presidential nomination for the third time with a momentary message of unity, calling on the country to come together in the wake of the violent attack.

“As Americans, we are bound together by a single fate and a shared destiny,” Trump said on Thursday night. “We rise together or we fall apart. I am running to be president for all of America.”

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