At the Republican Convention, Trump Achieves Mythical Status

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🗓️ 19 July 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Donald J. Trump’s acceptance of his party’s nomination put an exclamation point on a triumphant week for a Republican Party that emerged from its convention confident and unified. At the same time, the Democratic Party is moving closer and closer to replacing President Biden on the ticket. Jonathan Swan, who covers Mr. Trump’s presidential campaign, gives a behind-the-scenes look at the Republican National Convention, and Reid J. Epstein, who covers Mr. Biden’s re-election campaign, discusses where it stands as expectations are rising among Democrats that the president will reconsider his decision to stay in the race.

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0:00.0	From New York Times, I'm Michael Barbaro, and this is The Daily.
0:08.0	From inside the Republican National Convention Hall,
0:11.5	where Donald Trump has just accepted his party's nomination
0:14.6	and the balloons are falling all around us. Today, the week that was as the
0:21.7	Republicans here unified around Trump, while Democrats moved closer and closer to replacing President Biden.
0:31.0	It's Friday, July 19th. delegates, guests, guests, elected officials, and Republicans across the country.
0:51.6	Welcome to the 2024 Republican National Convention.
0:57.0	On the first day of the Republican National Convention,
1:00.0	the spotlight belongs not to Donald Trump, but to his new running mate.
1:05.0	Are we ready to nominate a Vice-President?
1:09.0	Whose identity Trump dramatically revealed at the very last possible moment before delegates had to vote on the VP nomination.
1:18.0	All eyes were on JD Vance. It was his day.
1:25.0	Until about 9 p.m.
1:30.0	Check, check. Let's go. Okay. You're good. Thank you. Thank you.
1:36.2	We made it past the last layer of security and now we're on the convention floor.
1:41.1	The White House where he belongs.
1:45.0	God bless you guys.
1:46.0	That's when word got out that Trump was about to enter the convention hall
1:50.0	and make his first appearance since the attempt on his life.
1:53.4	Nine o'clock, two minutes.
1:55.2	There was a slow and deliberate buildup.
1:58.4	Please welcome the next president of the United States.
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