On the second night of the party’s annual jamboree, former rivals of Donald Trump gave him their full support in a call for unity that demonstrated the former president’s control of the Republican partyGood morning.Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis, once Donald Trump’s biggest rivals in the Republican party, threw their backing behind the former president on the second night of the national convention. Neither Haley nor DeSantis initially had speaking slots at the convention, but they were added after the assassination attempt on Trump’s life on Saturday.What’s next? JD Vance will give his first major address as Trump’s running mate on Wednesday, as Republicans turn their focus to foreign policy.How are people reacting to the convention? European diplomats are worrying for the future of Ukraine after Trump’s choice of Vance as his running mate reignited fears in Europe that he would pursue a transactional “America first” foreign policy that could culminate in the US pushing for Ukraine to acquiesce.Who supports a supreme court term limit? The supreme court’s approval rating in polls of the American public has dropped sharply in recent years. Recently, eight Democratic senators co-sponsored a bill that would establish 18-year terms for supreme court justices, with a new justice appointed every two years.How have Republicans responded? Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that “the Democrats are attempting to interfere in the presidential election, and destroy our justice system, by attacking their political opponent, me, and our honorable supreme court.” Continue reading…
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Publish date : 2024-07-17 12:42:28
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