Trump offered himself as a powerful ally of those who feel Washington has left them behind.
Declaring America in crisis, Donald Trump pledged to cheering Republicans and still-skeptical voters Thursday night that as president he will restore the safety they fear they're losing, strictly curb immigration and save the nation from Hillary Clinton's record of 'death, destruction, terrorism and weakness.'- Trump took the stage in Cleveland facing a daunting array of challenges, many of his own making.
- Melania, in a white dress with elbow-length sleeves ending in big puffy cuffs, spoke after an uncharacteristically brief introduction from her husband, who called her my wife, an amazing mother, an incredible woman.'
- As president, my father will change the labor laws that were put in place at a time when women weren't a significant portion of the workplace, and he will focus on making quality childcare affordable and accessible for all,' she said.
- He was introduced by his daughter Ivanka who announced a childcare policy proposal that the campaign had not mentioned before.
- The GOP presidential nominee said he'll also abandon what he calls the nation building' and regime change' policies pushed by his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, when she was secretary of state.
- He outlined his approach to fighting terrorism. He said he'll create the best intelligence gathering operation in the world.'
- Confidently addressing the finale of his party's less-than-smooth national convention, the billionaire businessman declared the nation's problems too staggering to be fixed within the confines of traditional politics.
- Trump humbly and gratefully' accepted the nomination before 2,000 raucous Republican Party activists in Cleveland, offering a strikingly populist pitch for the White House.
- But in a nod to a broader swath of Americans, he vowed to protect gays and lesbians from violence and oppression, and said he would ensure that young people in predominantly black cities 'have as much of a right to live out their dreams as any other child in America.'
Declaring America in crisis, Donald Trump pledged to cheering Republicans and still-skeptical voters Thursday night that as president he will restore the safety they fear they\'re losing, strictly curb immigration and save the nation from Hillary Clinton\'s record of \'death, destruction, terrorism and weakness.\'
Trump offered himself as a powerful ally of those who feel Washington has left them behind.
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