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Trump Sends Dire Warnings to Nervous Nation as Convention Begins
His official coronation unfolds this week with a sharply divided electorate processing ominous and steady outbursts of chaos and disorder around country -- and the world.
What Donald Trump Has to Deliver at the GOP Convention
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In 2000, Republican presidential nominee George W. Bush promised to "use these good times for great goals." Even as the Iraq War ground on in 2004, he was upbeat, calling for a "more hopeful America." Mitt Romney, the nominee in 2012, chose "A Better Future" as his theme.
Republican National Conventions are often marked by patriotic speeches and balloon drops. But this year's will be defined by their presumptive nominee, who responded to the killing of three police officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Sunday with a dire warning about the direction the nation was headed.