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‘A Different Donald Trump’ Beams as Rivals Become ‘Converts’
Philip Wegmann
July 17, 2024

Republicans always seem to come home. Some sooner than others. Vivek Ramaswamy never really ran against him. Ron DeSantis threw his weight behind him within an hour of dropping out of the primary. But Nikki Haley, the last woman standing, she took her time. The endorsement took three full months to arrive. Donald Trump didn’t mind. The former president did not need her support to lock down a third consecutive nomination. He may not need it to return to the White House either. But as Haley walked onstage at the Republican National Convention Tuesday, Trump beamed. He listened with a bandaged ear from a box overlooking the arena to his last rival, the member of his cabinet who went astray, bending the knee in prime time. READ MORE

FREE PRESS Martin Gurri: The End of Joe Biden—and the Democratic Establishment: For both the king and what was once his court, a terrible reckoning has arrived. The campaign against Trump set a pattern that would continue for years. First, Biden was to be swaddled in the political equivalent of bubble wrap. He ran for the presidency of the United States from the basement of his home in Delaware. Why not? It was a time of pandemic. Second, a magnificent replica of Biden was erected by the establishment with the full complicity of the media, and it replaced, in the information sphere, the increasingly feeble, always spiteful, intellectually muddled real man. Third, a ring of iron was placed around the candidate to prevent public access. Biden’s appearances were carefully staged in the true sense of the word: they avoided reality and promoted a fictional character.

NEW YORK POST All the Democrats, donors and celebs who have called on Joe Biden to end campaign Joe Biden’s disastrous performance at the June 27 debate with Donald Trump sparked an explosion of concerns among Democrats – leading to a growing number of Congress members calling for the president to put an end to his 2024 run.