{"id":9329,"date":"2020-08-24T06:51:37","date_gmt":"2020-08-24T06:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deshmediabd.info\/?p=9329"},"modified":"2020-08-24T06:51:37","modified_gmt":"2020-08-24T06:51:37","slug":"showman-trump-hopes-republican-convention-will-change-americas-tune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deshnews24.info\/?p=9329","title":{"rendered":"Showman Trump hopes Republican convention will change America\u2019s tune"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON, Aug 24, 2020<\/p>\n

President Donald Trump will draw on all his showman\u2019s instincts at the Republican convention starting Monday to get Americans to look beyond his handling of the coronavirus crisis and return him to the White House for a second term.<\/p>\n

Facing anger over the pandemic and ensuing economic turmoil, Trump badly trails his Democratic opponent Joe Biden in the polls.<\/p>\n

But the Republican insists he can replicate his surprise 2016 win \u2014 and hopes the convention, where he will be nominated to seek reelection November 3, will launch the comeback.<\/p>\n

Due to COVID-19, the convention will be largely online, the same as the Democrats\u2019 unprecedented convention last week. But technical aspects will be only the start of the tradition-wrecking changes brought to the Trump party.<\/p>\n

Unlike standard conventions, where the candidate stays mostly out of the way until the last night, Trump is expected to be in the limelight all four days.<\/p>\n

His family, which has had an unusual amount of influence and access at the White House during his tumultuous first term, will also be omnipresent.<\/p>\n

There\u2019ll be First Lady Melania Trump\u2019s speech in the Rose Garden on Tuesday and addresses by the president\u2019s children, including right-wing firebrand son Don Jr, daughter-advisor Ivanka and daughter-in-law Lara Trump.<\/p>\n

On Monday, the convention kicks off with Republican delegates meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina, to hear Trump speak.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s climactic speech on Thursday, which the Republicans hope to follow with fireworks, will be delivered at the White House itself \u2014 a show of power trampling over the custom of separating political campaigns from the office of president.<\/p>\n

In yet another move raising eyebrows, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, a big Trump supporter, will make a speech on his behalf while conducting an official trip to Israel.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s often said that the Democrats\u2019 deep Hollywood connections give them the upper hand in the showbiz side of politics. They put on a well-honed production last week, culminating with Biden\u2019s emotional pledge to be an \u201cally of the light\u201d after what he called the \u201cdarkness\u201d of Trump\u2019s first term.<\/p>\n

Trump, though, also has years of experience in television, quite apart from his decades as a celebrity property developer. So, reports that he has brought in two of the producers on his old reality TV show \u201cThe Apprentice\u201d to help out come as no surprise.<\/p>\n

\u2013 God, jobs and guns \u2013<\/p>\n

For all his bullishness, Trump faces an uphill struggle against Biden, who is tapping into massive unhappiness with the president\u2019s handling of the pandemic, unrest over racial inequality and fear of longterm economic damage from the coronavirus shutdown.<\/p>\n

Beyond bread and butter issues, Trump\u2019s abrasive style, his habit of insulting people he doesn\u2019t like in public, his demonization of journalists, and almost total inability to talk to Democratic leaders has left the country divided and exhausted.<\/p>\n

After the Democrats used their convention to promise national healing, Trump sought to turn the issue on its head, accusing his opponents of being the ones going negative.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey spent four straight days attacking America as racist and a horrible country that must be redeemed,\u201d he said Friday. \u201cWhere Joe Biden sees American darkness, I see American greatness.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked by Fox News in an interview aired Sunday what to expect at the convention, Trump said \u201csomething that is going to be very uplifting and positive.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s number one message is that the economy, reeling from the shock of the nationwide shutdown earlier this year, will come back soon.<\/p>\n

He told Fox News he will be promising tax cuts and \u201cthe best economy ever.\u201d<\/p>\n

But the sunny tone is likely to get heavy competition from Trump\u2019s other favorite themes \u2014 his often outlandish claims that Democrats want to take away Americans\u2019 firearms, unleash anarchy in the streets, encourage mass illegal immigration, and even repress religious freedom.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, Trump told a crowd that Biden will \u201churt the Bible, hurt God\u201d \u2014 a statement that quickly drew outrage and ridicule.<\/p>\n

Asked by Fox News whether a kinder, gentler kind of Trump might be seen in a second term, the president said: \u201cI\u2019d like it to be calm, too.\u201d<\/p>\n

But \u201cI have to fight back,\u201d he said. \u201cIf I don\u2019t fight back strong, I would be sitting here right now.\u201d\"\"<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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