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Posted: 2024-07-19T09:43:24Z | Updated: 2024-07-23T09:48:13Z Donald Trump Utters The 1 Word He Wasn't Supposed To Say During RNC Speech | HuffPost

Donald Trump Utters The 1 Word He Wasn't Supposed To Say During RNC Speech

Insiders told reporters that one word would not be used in the former president's speech. It was twice.
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It appears Donald Trump couldnt help but go off script during his excruciatingly long  Republican National Convention speech, uttering the one word that sources close to him said he wouldnt.

The former president was not planning to mention President Joe Biden by name during his address Thursday, insiders  told multiple reporters , amid Trumps supposed push for unity following the attempt on his life Saturday.

Fox News reported  ahead of the speech that highly placed sources had said Trump would not use the word Biden once, as part of his new focus on unification. Trump campaign senior adviser Danielle Alvarez also spoke of the plan to CBS News .

But less than halfway into his rambling, 92-minute speech accepting the Republican presidential nomination, Trump name-dropped Biden twice while criticizing him as worse than the 10 worst presidents combined.

Think of it. The 10 worst, added them up they will not have done the damage that Biden has done, Trump said. Only going to use the term once: Biden. Im not going to use the name anymore. Just one time. The damage that hes done to this country is unthinkable.

Sofia Kinzinger, an ex-aide to onetime Vice President Mike Pence and the wife of former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), tweeted  that the pivot was a Perfect example of what the Trump White House was like- pure chaos, planning was impossible.

After last weeks assassination attempt, Trump on Sunday said he planned to completely change his original RNC speech because he had been given an opportunity to bring the country together.

Trump began his address with a more subdued tone as he discussed his brush with death, but he was back to his usual antics within 20 minutes.

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