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2016 US ELECTION

Trump promises ‘safety’ to fearful Americans

– Clinton in focus –

Trump’s acceptance speech was his first major primetime address to the nation and the opening salvo of November’s general election.

Nationwide polls put the New York mogul, who has never held elected office, almost neck and neck with Clinton, the former secretary of state heavily criticized over an email scandal.

Clinton will formally accept the Democratic nomination at her own convention next week.

Trump painted her as corrupt, incompetent and hopelessly out of touch.

“This is the legacy of Hillary Clinton: death, destruction, terrorism and weakness,” he said.

Clinton fired off an icy rebuke on Twitter, telling him: “We are better than this.”

Throughout the Cleveland convention Republicans have rallied around chants of “lock her up.”

Speakers had lined up to denounce Clinton for the deaths of their loved ones, for dodgy foreign policies and for putting national security at risk by using a private email server for sensitive government information.

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Trump accused the former secretary of state as being a political insider with “bad instincts” and “bad judgment.”

“My message is that things have to change – and they have to change right now.”

“I’m with you, I will fight for you, and I will win for you.”

It remains unclear if that message will be enough to unite a Republican Party riven with doubts over his candidature.

On Wednesday those doubts were laid bare when his primary rival Ted Cruz pointedly refused to endorse him.

“Vote your conscience,” Cruz said to a chorus of boos.

Before Trump took to the stage Friday, his daughter Ivanka tried to warm up the crowd and soften her father’s image.

“He is colour blind and gender neutral, he hires the best person for the job. Period,” she said.

“My father not only has the strength and ability necessary to be the next president, but also the kindness and compassion that will enable him to be the leader that this country needs.”

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