Critic's Notebook: On the final night of the Republican convention, a listless, low-energy Trump RNC2020
The definitive image of the fourth and final night of the 2020 Republican National Convention was President Donald Trump standing at the White House’s South Lawn in front of 1,500 adoring loyalists, packed tightly together, mostly without masks. In contrast to the static but intense close-up that framed Joe Biden during his closing speech at the DNC, Trump’s camera swooped and panned, flaunting the throng that had gathered to give the narcissist-in-chief a standing ovation every three minutes.
But for the most part, the rage-inducing series of lies, hyperbole and obvious fear-mongering gave way to a numbing exhaustion. That was never truer than with Trump’s listless, droning, 70-minute speech, during which the candidate himself looked as bored sticking to the script as much of the audience at home. In true Trump fashion, the president only showed signs of life when he was sniping at his opponent, taking jabs at the former vice president’s empathy .
After a few feints toward national unity at the beginning of his speech, Trump did little else but focus on culture-war issues and tout his achievements, including bragging about his handling of the coronavirus epidemic and the ensuing economic crisis.
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