| | | | Trump's dark, dystopian America | | Donald Trump painted a picture of a dystopian America -- and sold himself as the only one who can fix it. As he accepted the Republican nomination in Cleveland on Thursday night, Trump delivered tough talk, promising to eradicate crime, build a border wall, defeat ISIS, rejuvenate the economy and prod U.S. allies to step it up or else. "I'm with you," Trump said. "I will fight for you, and I will win for you." More from CNN's Stephen Collinson.
This is what presidential means to Trump. To his critics, it will come off as vacant and dictatorial. But to his backers, it's the embodiment of what they've been thinking, but not feeling welcome by society to say.
Watching the clock: His speech lasted 75 minutes, the longest in at least 30 years.
A new dimension? Trump -- always boastful and in the moment -- got introspective briefly when discussing his father, Fred Trump, wishing he'd have been there to see it. "It's because of him that I learned, from my youngest age, to respect the dignity of work and the dignity of working people," Trump said. "He was a guy most comfortable in the company of bricklayers, carpenters and electricians, and I have a lot of that in me also. I love those people." This angle and more in my takeaways.
Everything you need to know: Start with Collinson's story on Trump the law-and-order sheriff. Then read Chris Moody on the night's most memorable lines. The New York Times' Michael Barbaro hones in on the words "I alone." And Dan Balz of The Washington Post digs into Trump's echoes of Richard Nixon. | | | This was the scene when Donald Trump's family -- alongside Mike Pence's family -- celebrated on-stage as thousands of balloons fell. David Hume Kennerly captured it for CNN. | | | David Hume Kennerly for CNN | | Ivanka Trump's bipartisan pitch | | Ivanka Trump pitched her father, Donald Trump, to the nation's female voters Thursday night, revealing a softer side of the billionaire businessman in a way that almost no other convention speaker has done so far. "If It's possible to be famous and not really well-known, that describes the father who raised me," she told the crowd. CNN's Sunlen Serfaty and Theodore Schleifer have more.
It was a weird speech though. Her message about equal pay -- a central theme -- could have drawn big cheers at next week's Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, too. It was so striking that CNN's Chris Moody put together a story with this headline: "Who said it: Ivanka Trump or Hillary Clinton?"
Ron Brownstein's take, on CNN's "New Day": "It was an alternate reality version. ... It's what Donald Trump's campaign could have been," had he simply run as a can-do businessman.
"I am proud to be gay," tech billionaire Peter Thiel told the RNC. "Now we are told that the great debate is about who gets to use which bathroom. This is a distraction from our real problems," he said, getting big cheers when he read the words that were capitalized on his Teleprompter: "WHO CARES?"
The night's losers include a flat Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallon, a rambling Tom Barrack and the post-2012 Republican autopsy, The Washington Post's Chris Cillizza writes. | | "She does the princess thing very well, and she's immensely close with my father." -- Eric Trump, to CNN's Sara Murray, previewing the speech by sister Ivanka Trump. | | | | Some sights and scenes from the last night of the Republican National Convention: | | | David Hume Kennerly for CNN | | Today's focus: Clinton's VP search | | The latest from CNN's Jeff Zeleny and Dan Merica: Hillary Clinton's methodical search for a running mate is complete, Democrats close to the vice presidential process say, and she is planning to make her first appearance with her new partner during a campaign rally Saturday in Miami. The Clinton campaign, hoping to build interest around her selection, is likely to reveal the choice in a message to supporters late Friday.
The focus of her search in the final days: Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. | | | Get the Nightcap, a comprehensive summary of the most important political news, delivered to your inbox daily. | | | | | |
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