EPA/Michael Reynolds
Anyone who still dismisses Donald Trump as a ludicrous amateur should now realise just how dangerous he is.
EPA/Tannen Maury
Even by the standards of the Trump campaign, the Republican jamboree in Cleveland was a sorry spectacle.
“Every day I wake up determined to deliver for the people I have met all across this nation that have been neglected, ignored, and abandoned.”
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Trump appeared surprisingly presidential. According to a scholar of American political rhetoric, there were echoes of Roosevelt, Eisenhower and Reagan.
Subtlety be damned.
EPA/Shawn Thew
With prospective first lady Melania Trump accused of plagiarising Michelle Obama, the Republicans are off to a predictably rocky start.
EPA/Tannen Maury
After a year of trying to bring him down, the Republican Party will rally behind Donald Trump this week – sort of.
Stanford Smith, a worker at the First Union Center in Philadelphia, places a portrait of Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush in the halls of the Republican convention site July 29, 2000.
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These made-for-TV events are an excellent opportunity for a candidate to shape his or her image. A subtle approach works best. That could be an issue for Trump.
The GOP claims its convention in Tampa gave a big boost to the economy, but the evidence suggests otherwise.
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Republicans and Democrats alike claim their conventions provide a big economic boost to their host cities. What’s the evidence say?