TRUMP'S UNITY SPEECH FALLS SHORT OF UNITY

TRUMP'S PLEDGE FOR UNITY FALLS SHORT

By: Derek Varsalona

President Trump gave a fiery stump speech at the RNC on Thursday.  This was his pledge for unity.  But it was anything but unity.  Like in all political speeches, the tone was confrontational He detailed the assassination attempt on his life.  I could understand why that concerned him.  But a speech that was supposed to change a man and a speech that was rewritten, did not prevent the detractors from coming to his side. 

The speech was not a unity speech.  It was more like a rah-rah speech that a coach gives to a team when they are losing the game.  Only this time President Trump is winning and he should have conveyed a winning message which he did not.  President Trump was totally off the mark.  Instead of bridging the country together, he divided the country further apart.

Nothing President Trump could have said was going to bring detractors to his side.  America is too polarized for that.  But he was giving red meat to his base.  The problem with Trump is that his speech does nothing to enhance the possibility of the Republicans winning down the ballot.  That was not this kinda of speech.  This was a speech that was given to in his eyes save a nation.

I can understand why he would be upset.  Being almost assassinated pisses a man off.  But if the message was unity this was not the speech and President Trump was off the mark with his unity speech.  As always comments accepted.

TRUMP'S ANTI UNITY SPEECH

Source: Steven Peoples. " Trump Urges Unity After Assassination Attempt While Proposing a Populist Agenda." Friday, July 19, 2024. 

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