After a few bad weeks, Donald Trump has projected a strong and presidential image in two major addresses to the American people speeches over the past two days, devoid of painful distractions.
The next few weeks are crucial for the Republican presidential nominee to reassert his viability in November and close the gap with Hillary Clinton in crucial battleground states. Trump needed to reverse the momentum of the last few weeks and remind voters what is at stake in this election — which is exactly what he did.
“Wow Trump’s speech tonight in West Bend, WI was incredible. He was humble, poised, focused, and more presidential than I’ve ever seen him.”
“Renewing this spirit of Americanism will help heal the divisions in our country. It will do so by emphasizing what we have in common — not what pulls us apart,” Trump said during his Monday speech in Ohio that outlined his plan for combating terrorism. “I will fight to ensure that every American is treated equally, protected equally, and honored equally. We will reject bigotry and oppression in all its forms, and seek a new future built on our common culture and values as one American people.”
Trump’s calls for unity and for a return to the inherent values that defined American greatness were a powerful return to the key themes of his campaign.
Trump expanded on those key themes in another powerful speech in Wisconsin Tuesday, addressing how to “make our communities safe again from crime and lawlessness.”
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“Every day you pick up a newspaper, or turn on the nightly news, and you hear about some self-interested banker or some discredited Washington insider says they oppose our campaign. Or some encrusted old politician says they oppose our campaign. Or some big time lobbyist says they oppose our campaign,” Trump said. “I wear their opposition as a badge of honor. Because it means I am fighting for real change, not just partisan change. I am fighting — all of us across the country are fighting — for peaceful regime change in our own country. The media-donor-political complex that’s bled this country dry has to be replaced with a new government of, by, and for the people.”
Trump’s more focused and disciplined approach — without any of troublesome blunders that have plagued him recently — did not go unnoticed.
“Trump gave a powerful and focused speech in Wisconsin. Sure to cause arguments,” Byron York, a columnist for the Washington Examiner, tweeted after Trump’s Tuesday speech. “Trump finishes WI speech. About 38 minutes, short for him. On prompter. Tighter, focused. An actual stump speech.”
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“Pivot? No pivot? Doesn’t matter. Trump gave a powerful and focused speech in Wisconsin. Sure to cause arguments,” York also tweeted.
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Cosnervative radio host Mark Levin, once a staunch critic of Trump, praised the address on combating terror.
“Trump gave a pretty good speech today,” Levin said on his radio show, “People ought to listen to it.”
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