trump has changed his planned speech for this year s republican national convention, saying he will now focus on, quote, bringing the country together. we shall see. at the same time, the former president has moved forward with his own campaign plans, announcing that ohio senator jd vance will be his running mate. of all of the purported short list contenders for trump s running mate, jd vance considered to be the most radical choice in terms of his idealogical space on the idealogical number line and what he s articulated about what he thinks the powers of the president are and should be and what shump should do. he s talked openly about a president defying a ruling from the supreme court. he has said explicitly that had he been in mike pence s position on january 6th, 2021, he would have done what trump wanted. not what mike pence did, which was not give trump what he wanted which is why we still live in a republic. jd vance is radical both in terms of what he thinks trump
to put on its primetime show after their presidential nominee, he pulled off a big surprise with the 11th hour reveal of his running mate, senator jd vance of ohio. vance making his debut as trump s vp pick just a short time ago on the convention floor for his formal nomination. and welcome to all to this special edition of outfront. i m erin burnett along with wolf blitzer and his post over overlooking the convention floor and wolf, it s been only two days since president trump s survived that terrifying assassination attempt. and but he did not go late to the convention. he made it clear it must go on and it is going on. erin big time. we saw the gop officially hand. donald trump his historic third presidential nomination and now they re getting ready to drive home. his agenda leading off with the issue then uppermost in the minds of many voters of course, the u.s. economy headlines speakers tonight include one of trump s most loyal allies of the u.s. senate. and in the afr
second, but he was in a thing called the civil war. you can understand that. andrew jackson was really, really treated badly. in fact, his wife died during the process. a lot of people said she died because of the way they were treated. i mean, she was heartbroken and broken in so many other ways. i heard that for years. and i look now, even last night i was saying it. i said, andrew jackson or anybody else, when you think of the fake things, nobody has been treated like trump in terms of badly. no, that s true. that s true. that s definitely true. there is some truth to that, willie geist. it s hard for me not to also look at the person asking the questions. i mean, are you kidding me? these networks floating trump s lies. i m not going to make fun of it or anything, but it is creating a whole level of lies that people are swallowing whole because they think that s news. they think those are facts. that s the part that s sad. i mean, it s pathetic that donald trump paral
president xi of china he controls 1.4 billion people ruthlessly, ruthlessly, no games, right? they said is president xi of china a brilliant man? i said, yes, he is. he s a brilliant man. the next day, trump says president xi is brilliant. yeah, i did. they want me to say, no, he s not a very smart guy, he just runs 1.4 billion people with an iron fist. that s crazy. that s donald trump s latest praise of a dictator. trump spent the weekend in iowa giving a series of outrageous speeches where he made fun of an american war hero, downplayed the january 6th insurrection, and demanded the release of his supporters who attacked the capitol. meanwhile in washington, senate and house leaders have a deal on a spending bill, but it essentially has the same terms of an agreement that led to the removal of former speaker kevin mccarthy, fueling speculation on whether congress, now that the top line s in place, will be able to avert a partial government shutdown in less than two wee
hello and welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us. digital breakdown, ron desantis starts his 2024 campaign with embarrassing technical dysfunction. when we could hear him, worgs and spending in contrast with donald trump and he will not be timt in using presidential power to get what he wants and to punish those he doesn t like. plus right now, the sentencing hearing underway in washington. a judge deciding how long oath keepers convicted of january 6th crimes will spend behind bars. and your congress not at work. the government could default on its bills a week from today. but the house speaker sends lawmakers home because negotiations are moving so s slowly. up first for us, a day two riddle for ron desantis. how to prove to voters, to donors and maybe to everyone that he s ready for prime time. the governor now plot ting a campaign kickoff tour through the early voting states of iowa, new hampshire and south ca