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Dafydd Townley, Teaching Fellow in International Security, University of Portsmouth

Trump tones down his rhetoric as he prepares for ‘coronation’ at Republican National Convention

The Republican National Convention has just kicked off in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The four-day event will be attended by around 50,000 Republicans including 2,400 delegates who are expected to confirm Donald Trump as the Republican candidate for November’s presidential election.

The attempted assassination of the former president in Pennsylvania on Saturday has changed the tone of the convention for some, but not all.

Trump has said he will tone down the vitriol in his rhetoric that has been a common feature of his campaign so far. In an interview with the Washington Examiner, he promised that in his speech to the convention, due to be delivered on Thursday, would be rewritten.

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