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The 8 Key Ideas From Trump's Acceptance Speech

Posted in Other | 22-Jul-16 | Source: Globalo News

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Trump made his first speech as the official party nominee, and it was quite a long speech. At over one hour long, the speech was focused at attacking Hillary and detailing his policies. 

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https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/756338260230623232

  1. Highlights of Trump’s Acceptance Speech
  • Focused on Safety: “we will lead our country back to safety, prosperity, and peace”
    • Attacks on police
    • Terrorism on cities
  • “Beginning on January 20th 2017, safety will be restored”
  • “Basic duty of government is to defend the lives of its citizens”

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/752849315094298624

2. Crime:

  • Progress rolled back by Obama Administration stance on criminal enforcement
  • Homicides increase largest in 25 years
  • 50% rise in number of police killed since last year
  • Nearly 200,000 illegal immigrants with criminal records are “roaming free”

3. Economy:

  • 40% of African-American children living in poverty
  • 58% youth unemployment among African Americans
  • Household income down $4,000 since year 2000
  • Trade deficit is $800 billion last year
  • Obama has doubled the national debt (experts say Trump can’t fix this)
  • Infrastructure is falling apart
  • 43 million Americans on food stamps

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/718269255872081922

4. Foreign policy:

  • Humiliation after humiliation:
  • Iran held Navy sailors
  • Obama’s ‘red-line’ in Syria
  • Attack on Benghazi consulate

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5. Trump blamed Hillary for ISIS, Libya, Egypt and the Muslim Brotherhood, the Syrian Civil War, and the refugee crisis.

“This is the legacy of Hillary Clinton: Death, destruction and terrorism and weakness.”

6. Trump’s “Action for America”: “Americanism, not globalism”

Put America first:

  1. Safety at home: neighborhoods, borders, and protection from terrorism
  2. Economy: reforms to add millions of jobs and add trillions in new wealth
  3. Education: “ensure that all of our kids are treated equally, and protected equally”
  4. Gay Rights: Trump vows to “do everything in my power” to protect our LGBTQ citizens.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/747900114363092992

7. On Terrorism, Trump said we need to do three things:

  1. Best intelligence gathering
  2. Abandon “nation-building” and work with allies to destroy ISIS and “Islamic terrorism”
  3. Suspend immigration from nations “compromised by terrorism”

8. On NATO:

NATO was obsolete because it did not cover terrorism. NATO announced it would set up a new program, and Trump said it was a “step in the right direction”

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/739934090690998272

This speech was very different from most acceptance speeches. Most focus on a positive future for the country, but Trump took the time to highlight the darkness that America faces today. But perhaps that is the point. Trump wants to paint a picture that America is shrouded in darkness, and Donald Trump is the person to lead us out of the darkness and into the light.

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