(These are my rough notes from Day #4, which include my editorial comments. My reaction to the speech was wanting to immediately wanting to hide under the couch because of all the violence which DT will be saving me from. The strong man speaks - don’t look for detail.)
• “The Donald” - a film about a boy from Queens who started in just a million dollars and the ability of his father to extort millions of dollars of loans from bankers. Then he helped New York City rediscover its soul by getting tax abatements from the City to build his very first building. Then he got his children involved in building stuff. Now he’s rebuilding the United States, sacrificing the making millions of dollars for political power. DT is a leader, not a politician. Standing up for everyone (except, of course, Hillary and Ted).
• Lady Ivanka - Number One Daughter (#1) and Power Behind the Throne (PBT): DT is the people’s nominee (sounding vaguely Communist). She, like many millennials, is not Republican or Democrat, but she knows who she’s voting for. Donnie is a fighter (though not in the military). What daddy taught us kids: {insert working class values}. He’s empathetic, he’s strong, he’s kind, he’s compassionate, he’s fair, he’s a meritocrat, he supports women, he’s colorblind and gender neutral, he’s a builder, he’s a listener, he pays women equally, he’s pro child care, (she will fight for this too), he will turn the economy around, he makes things happen, he will make America great again, he will set lofty goals, he will not let you down, he is the only person to say “I’ll fight for you.” Judge him by what he does (Don the Builder). He’s your CHAMPION.
And now, here’s Donnie ……
• Donnie entrance stage right (no blue smoke this time). Crowd goes wild. He “humbly” accepts the nomination for President. He then leads a chant of “USA, USA” Who would have believed how successful we’ve been? Safety, Prosperity, Peace! (And Law and Order - shades of Nixon). There’s a crisis - our way of life is threatened. (He’s running against Hillary and Black Lives Matter). Violence will come to an end. On January 20th, safety will be restored. (Law and Order)
Here’s the facts: we can’t be politically correct anymore (there will be no lies at our Convention), there’s an outbreak of homicides in large cities, police officer’s killed have increased 50% this year, illegal immigrants are being released into our communities by the tens of thousands, (Law and Order) (Now a story about a young girl in Nebraska being killed by an immigrant - who has not been caught, one more child sacrificed …), 58% of African American youth are not employed, 14 million people have left the workforce entirely, trade deficit is $800 billion dollars last year, budget - national debt has doubled, roads and bridges are falling apart, 43 million on Food Stamps. Foreign policy: national humiliations one after another, iran deal gave them $150 billion and we got another, Syrian policy, Libya. World is now more unsafe because Obama made Clinton SofS. “Let’s defeat her in November.”
All the stuff that’s happened internationally in the past 8 years are the result of Hillary being Sec of State. Death, destruction, and WEAKNESS.
All this crap requires a change in leadership (to guess who?). The Plan: Puts America first. (Crowd goes wild). Americanism, not globalism. We deserve respect! Plan begins with safety at home (Law and Order!). Economy: Millions of new jobs. These policies will upset the special interests (who support Hillary - she is their puppet). Things have to change - right now. Unfair trade deals. I am the voice of the forgotten American worker! (Interruption as security deals with a protester and the crowd shouts at her). How great are our police (who reinforce our values)? No patience with injustice. Hit’s Hillary on the email server (she puts our country at risk) shows that corruption of the system. She hid her terrible, terrible, crimes. The time for action (what action?) has come. (Law and Order)
Nobody knows the system better than me - so that’s why I alone can fix it. The system is rigged (it was rigged against Bernie Sanders too). Millions of Democrats will join us because we will fix the system.
Introduces Mike Pence. We will bring that same success to America that he’s brought to Indiana. Mike sits down.
Pivot to all the current violence against police officers. An attack on law enforcement is an attack on all Americans. He will restore (Law and Order) to the country when he’s in charge. He’s talk to prosecutors. I am the (Law and Order) candidate. Obama has used the Presidency to divide us by race. He has fail America’s inner cities. All of our kids will be protected equally.
Threats from Outside the Country: We’re going to defeat ISIS. (Law and Order International). Litany of islamic attacks in America. Highlights Orlando - we’re going to stop it. Will protect LGBQ’s from violence. (Thanks for cheering for that.)
Focus on three things: best intelligence, abandon nation building and regime change, work with allies to stamp out Islamic terrorism. Fast! Includes working with Israel (bit applause). NATO: we are picking up the cost - not fair. Finally, we must suspend immigration from any nation that has been compromised by terrorism. No refugee increase over the massive flow of refugees come in already. They have to “love our people.” We will have an immigration system that works for the American people.
Example of three representatives of people who have been murdered by immigrants. I have to solve the violence spilling across our borders. (Law and Order). We will save countless families from having to go through this - we will build a Great Border Wall. He’s got the endorsement of Border Patrol Agents. Illegal crossing and peace will be restored (Law and Order).
January 20th - laws are enforced. We will be considerate and compassionate to everyone, but the greatest compassion will be for our own citizens (leads a short USA chant). Hillary wants mass lawlessness (Law and Order). Economic policy begins with a new fair trade policy. I’m going to make our country rich again - using the greatest business people in the world to renegotiate trade deals. Bill Clinton signed NAFTA - never ever again. Hillary supports all of the trade deals. He will make individual deals with individual countries. We will enforce all trade violations (Law and Order) including China’s currency manipulation. We’re going to start building and making things again.
Reform of taxes - I’ve proposed the largest tax reduction of any candidate. Taxes will be simplified. Will make economic development. Regulation is costing us $2 trillion a year. Energy: go back to steel and mining. Makes for trillion and trillion of dollars will come into the country and we’ll use it to repair infrastructure.
Schools: supports “choice.” Hillary protects bureaucrats. Replace Obamacare. Fix TSA at the airports. Work with students drowning in debt. Completely rebuild the depleted military - countries that we are protecting will be asked to pay their fair share. We’ll take care of veterans (like they’ve never been taken care of before). They will be able to visit the doctor or hospital or their choice.
Eliminate wasteful spending in the first 100 days.
Appoint Supreme Court Justices like Scalia. Hillary wants to abolish the 2nd amendment, but I have the endorsement of the NRA.
Thanks the Evangelicals for their support (not sure that he deserves it). Should be able to have political views without jeopardizing their non-profit status.
We can do all this, we just have to believe. Time to tell the world that America is back.
So lucky to have my wife and family! (And did Melania and Ivanka do a job?)
Fred Trump was that smartest and hardest working man I ever know - it’s because of him that I learned to respect the dignity of work and working people. Mother Mary - strong, warm, and fair minded. A great judge of character. His sisters and brothers.
Sole and exclusive mission is to deliver a victory for the American people. We are going to start winning again. To do this, we must break away from the past. Love defeating the people who said that we didn’t have a chance. They will do anything to keep the rigged system in place.
“I’m with you” the American people. I am your voice. I will win for you.
We will make America safe again (Law and Order).
We will make America proud again.
We will make America strong again.
We will make America great again.
God bless you.