Trump -- defiant and dark as ever -- claims Biden would destroy America | Analysis by StCollinson
President Donald Trump's demagogic convention speech played out before a spectacular but norm-crushing White House backdrop in a potential super spreader viral event.
It exemplified why Democrats warn he must be driven from power at all costs -- and why he may win a second term anyway.After a GOP gathering that amounted to one of the most sustained displays of propagandizing in the modern history of Western democracy, Trump painted an apocalyptic vision of a nation on the cusp of a takeover by"violent anarchists," agitators and criminals who would exploit a"weak" Joe Biden to destroy America.
Few masks, lack of social distancing at final night of RNC 01:25 Trump's crowd of 2,000 people on the South Lawn, few wearing masks and sitting close together, was an extraordinary scene during a pandemic that has brought America to its knees -- but it exemplified Trump's willingness to spin a false alternative reality for political gain.
Trump's family makes the case for his second term 02:13 But while such initiatives are the building blocks of Trump's coalition, his appeal has always been more visceral -- especially among voters whose anger and emotional connection to the outsider businessman and reality star forms a bond that even a mismanaged pandemic cannot sever.
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