President Donald Trump blasted Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden as a hapless career politician who will endanger Americans' safety as he accepted his party's renomination Thursday on the South Lawn of the White House, touting the administration's policies both at home and abroad.
Facing a moment fraught with racial turmoil, economic collapse, and a national health emergency, Trump delivered a triumphant, optimistic vision of America's future. However, he said that brighter horizon could only be secured if he defeated his Democratic foe, who currently has an advantage in most national and battleground state polls.
"We have spent the last four years reversing the damage Joe Biden inflicted over the last 47 years," Trump said, referring to the former senator and vice president's career in Washington.
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"When I took office, the Middle East was in total chaos: ISIS was rampaging, Iran was on the rise, and the war in Afghanistan had no end in sight. I withdrew from the terrible one-sided Iran nuclear deal," Trump said.
"Unlike many presidents before me, I kept my promise, recognized Israel's true capital and moved our embassy to Jerusalem," he continued, before moving on to celebrate the latest diplomatic breakthrough he has helped broker between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, which is expected to yield a full-fledged peace deal in the coming weeks. "This month we achieved the first Middle East peace deal in 25 years. Thank you to UAE, thank you to Israel," Trump said.
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When Trump finished, a massive fireworks display went off by the Washington Monument, complete with explosions that spelled out "Trump 2020."
His acceptance speech kicked off the final stretch of the campaign, a race now fully joined and, despite the pandemic, soon to begin crisscrossing the country. Trump's pace of travel will pick up to a near-daily change while Biden, who has largely weathered the pandemic from this Delaware home, announced Thursday that he will soon resume campaign travel.
Teasing once more that a vaccine could arrive soon, the president promised victory over the coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 175,000 Americans, left millions unemployed, and rewritten the rules of society.
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