Republicans renominate Donald Trump to continue America First agenda


US President Donald Trump vowed to continue the America First agenda after winning renomination at the Republican National Convention on Monday, setting the stage for the November showdown with Democratic candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden.


Trump made a surprise appearance interrupting the roll call of votes after enough had been recorded for his renomination and defended his record in fighting the Covid-19 pandemic and building the economy besides criticising Biden.

He said he would bring jobs back to the US and continue his tariff battle with other countries -- both of which would impact India.

Trump, who has overwhelmed the Republican Party and rewritten the rules of political engagement and set the country on a new conservative and nationalistic path, takes on Biden with his liberal platform in one of the most divisive campaigns.

Trump won 2,550 votes of delegates elected in the primaries -- the intra-party elections.

Former Massachusetts Governor William Weld ran against Trump in the primaries, but was crushed by the Trump juggernaut and received just one vote.

Trump accused the Democrats of "using Covid to steal the election" by introducing universal mail-in votes in some states that he said can be manipulated by the Democrats and asked his party members to watch out. Under this system, every voter in those states would get postal ballots even without requesting for them.

While the convention was in progress, a panel of the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives was holding a hearing with Postmaster General Louis Dejoy, whom they accused of dismantling the postal system to disrupt the postal balloting.

Trump boasted about his economic record of low unemployment and high stock market prices that ground to a halt with the Covid-19 pandemic and said it is now getting back on track.

"We will never forget what China did to the US by spreading coronavirus and not alerting the world in time about it," he said.

While the US was advancing in 2020, "China had the worst year in decades," he said.

He warned that "China will own this country" if Biden wins because of his previous record and his son Hunter Biden's ties with Chinese government-linked businesses netting him millions.

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