Trump’s victory. The injury brought him to the peak of fame

On July 18, Trump must officially agree to the decision of the Republican Party to nominate him as a candidate for the president of the US.

While the Democrats tried to convince Joe Biden to leave the presidential race, the Republicans, on the contrary, rallied around Donald Trump. After the assassination, Trump’s popularity soared. The American television channel CNN highlights the unexpected imbalance that has now occurred in the US election race. Trump won while Joe Biden was going through “his worst time” – after a disastrous debate, amid many calls from Democrats to drop out of the race, and now suffering from COVID-19.

Ear cult

Republicans turned out in droves at the party convention, taking place today in Milwaukee, with bandages on one ear or imitations of them – as a sign of support for Trump after being wounded in an assassination attempt.

On July 18, Trump is set to formally accept the Republican Party’s decision to nominate him as the US presidential candidate – “making one of the most stunning comebacks in political history after his attempt to steal the 2020 election, an unprecedented criminal conviction and surviving an assassination attempt,” CNN wrote.

However, it is possible to talk about a full return of Trump only if he really wins the election and becomes the second president in US history to return to the White House after a break and a first term. To date, only Grover Cleveland has succeeded in this at the end of the 19th century – he was the 22nd and 24th president of the United States. Trump could be 45th or 47th.

In this case, Donald Trump’s new rise will be even more incredible than his unexpected victory in the 2016 election.

Problem partner

Donald Trump’s vice presidential pick, JD Vance, pledged in his first speech in that capacity at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee to fight for the rights of American workers that he said were “thrown away and forgotten” by Democrats.

Most Americans knew little about Vance until Wednesday night. According to a CNN poll in June, 13% of registered voters had a favorable opinion of Vance, while 20% had an unfavorable opinion. Almost two-thirds had never heard of him or had trouble saying anything about him.

Vance was once a staunch opponent of Trump, once calling him the “American Hitler,” but later became one of the former president’s staunchest supporters.

Vance helped shape Trump’s populist instincts into a political agenda, and as a very young person, he is well positioned to continue Trump’s Make America Great Again movement well beyond his running mate’s possible second term.

In his speech, he did not mention the war in Ukraine and generally spoke little about foreign policy, which was the topic of the third day of the party conference. Vance said US allies should share the burden of ensuring world peace and that America would avoid conflict but “strike hard” if provoked.

His speech echoed many of the core tenets of Trumpism: he pledged to prioritize domestic production over Chinese imports and warned allies that they would no longer be free to take advantage of Washington’s help in maintaining global security.

Vance opposed the bill to allocate a new $60 billion aid package to Ukraine. In April of this year, Vance published a column in the New York Times titled The Numbers Don’t Add Up on Ukraine, in which he explained the reasons for this position.

“The problem in Ukraine is not the Republican Party, it’s math,” Vance wrote. — Ukraine needs more soldiers than it can find, even as it implements a strict mobilization policy. And it requires more equipment than the US can provide.”

Vance argued that Ukraine needs to accept the harsh reality, adopt a defensive strategy and negotiate with Russia as soon as possible. “But to do so, both American and Ukrainian leaders must accept that Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky’s stated war goal—a return to the 1991 borders—is a fantasy,” Vance wrote.