President trump has announced that hes cancelling the main gathering of the Republican National convention in florida in august, following a spike in coronavirus cases there. Speaking at a White House Press briefing, mr trump said he would give a speech ahead of us elections as planned, but in a different form. Have a listen. The timing for this event is not right. Its just not right with whats happened recently, the flare up in florida, to have a big convention. Its not the right time. Its really something that, for me, i have to protect the american people. Thats what ive always done. Thats what i always will do. Thats what im about. Some announcement about this was anticipated. I asked susan macmanus, emeritus Political Science professor from the university of south florida, if this was no big surprise. Absolutely not. There was a lot of pressure being put on the mayor ofjacksonville, and of course the governor as well, to really decide whether or not they should have it, because of