The six days that carried Donald Trump from the stage in Butler, Pa., to the rostrum at the Republican National Convention seemed at times like the buildup to a moment of total political domination, an apotheosis for the Republican nominee and confusion and defeat for his opponents.
The image of Trump rising, alive and fighting and undaunted, under the red, white and blue.
The cohesive and enthusiastic Republican convention that followed, complete with the anointing of a youthful vice president and heir apparent, all in contrast to the spectacle of a Democratic Party trying desperately to jettison its senescent standard-bearer.
The promises of a conciliatory and unifying acceptance speech, finally delivering the “presidential” Trump that Republicans have strained to see these last eight years.
For the first nearly 20 minutes of the speech, as Trump walked the audience through the experience of surviving an assassin’s bullet, the apotheosis seemed to be on track.
Persons:
Donald Trump, Trump, ” Trump, transmuting, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris
Organizations:
Republican National Convention, Republican, Democratic Party, Republicans, Trump
Locations:
Butler, Pa, shapelessness