Ross! he's he's really just one sec you just think it's the last line oh for God's sake

all right it's not actually done no no it's not it's still going he's still going

let's just go.

From New York Times opinion, I'm Michelle Kotk.

I'm Ross Douthit. I'm Carlos Lozada.

And this is matter of opinion. It's officially Friday.

We are recording after midnight

on the closing night of the Republican

convention where Trump's acceptance of the nomination speech is still going and

going and going and going. So let's just hop right in as he at some point presumably wraps this up.

What are you guys feeling about this? Thoughts, feelings, compliments, complaints,

talk to me.

It was a rally speech. It didn't feel like a convention speech. It felt like he

continued the rally he didn't get to finish on Saturday.

I mean, this has been a long week. It's been a long week guys hasn't it? I mean it's a lot it's a lot to

process I mean Donald Trump musing, Donald Trump describing surviving an assassination attempt,

hugging the fireman's uniform of a man killed kissing kissing I mean I thought it was as we say now in the

business tremendous content for the first 25 minutes and also you know one of the things that was promised was a

different Trump right you know a Trump sort of humbled and transformed like Tony

soprano in the final season of no of the Sopranos no like like like

like a man who had a brush with death right and and honestly it did I thought the the early part did seem sort of like a somewhat different Trump and then Carlos is right it became

a rally speech and you know people often say like oh you people in the media you know you

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