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Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has taken the stage at the Republican National Convention in Ohio to huge applause, giving his long anticipated acceptance speech.Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has taken the stage at the Republican National Convention in Ohio to huge applause, giving his long anticipated acceptance speech.
Trump was introduced by his daughter Ivanka Trump, who spoke prior to her father, describing him as the person to “make America great again.”Trump was introduced by his daughter Ivanka Trump, who spoke prior to her father, describing him as the person to “make America great again.”
The crowd cheered and chanted as Trump announced he was humbly accepting the nomination for presidency of the United States. Trump joined in as the convention floor chanted, “USA, USA.”
Promising to lead his party back to the White House and lead the country back to “safety, prosperity, and peace,” Donald Trump accepted the Republican Party nomination for president Thursday night, the fourth day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio.
The billionaire businessman promised to bring law and order back at a time when the nation is in “crisis.” 
“I have a message for all of you: the crime and violence that today afflicts our nation will soon come, and I mean very soon, come to an end. Beginning on January 20th 2017, safety will be restored,” the candidate said, adding, “The most basic duty of government is to defend the lives of its own citizens. Any government that fails to do so is a government unworthy to lead.”
He then told the cheering audience, “we cannot afford to be so politically correct anymore.”
“So if you want to hear the corporate spin, the carefully-crafted lies, and the media myths the Democrats are holding their convention next week,” Trump continued. “But here, at our convention, there will be no lies. We will honor the American people with the truth, and nothing else.”
Trump claimed homicides increased by 17 percent in the 50 largest cities last year, calling it the largest increase in 25 years.
The Republican leader turned to illegal immigration, saying the number of new illegal immigrant families who have crossed the border so far this year has already exceeded the total from 2015. This incited boos from the floor.
He then shared the story of Sarah Root, a 21-year-old killed by Eswin Mejia, an illegal immigrant, who is now a fugitive.
Trump moved on to the Obama administration, criticizing it for for how it ran the economy.
“President Obama has doubled our national debt to more than $19 trillion, and growing. Yet, what do we have to show for it? Our roads and bridges are falling apart, our airports are in Third World condition, and forty-three million Americans are on food stamps.”
He also blasted the foreign policy of President Barack Obama.
“Another humiliation came when President Obama drew a red line in Syria – and the whole world knew it meant nothing,” adding, “In Libya, our consulate – the symbol of American prestige around the globe – was brought down in flames. America is far less safe – and the world is far less stable – than when Obama made the decision to put Hillary Clinton in charge of America’s foreign policy - let’s defeat her in November.”
Hillary Clinton was next, specifically her record as secretary of state.
“In 2009, pre-Hillary, ISIS was not even on the map,” Trump said. “Libya was cooperating. Egypt was peaceful. Iraq was seeing a reduction in violence. Iran was being choked by sanctions. Syria was under control. After four years of Hillary Clinton, what do we have? ISIS has spread across the region, and the world. Libya is in ruins, and our Ambassador and his staff were left helpless to die at the hands of savage killers. Egypt was turned over to the radical Muslim Brotherhood, forcing the military to retake control. Iraq is in chaos.”
“Iran is on the path to nuclear weapons,” Trump went on, “Syria is engulfed in a civil war and a refugee crisis that now threatens the West. After fifteen years of wars in the Middle East, after trillions of dollars spent and thousands of lives lost, the situation is worse than it has ever been before. This is the legacy of Hillary Clinton: death, destruction and weakness.”
Trump followed up by pivoting to his own plan to “put America first.”
“Americanism, not globalism, will be our credo. As long as we are led by politicians who will not put America First, then we can be assured that other nations will not treat America with respect. This will all change in 2017.”
“There can be no prosperity without law and order,” Trump said. 
For the US economy, he promised millions of new jobs and trillions in new wealth. The real estate mogul claimed switched back to Clinton, accusing big business, elite media and major donors of backing his opponent, as they know she will keep “our rigged system in place.”
“They are throwing money at her because they have total control over everything she does. She is their puppet, and they pull the strings.”
Transitioning back to himself, Trump recalled visits to laid-off factory workers and the communities affected by unfair trade deals, calling them “the forgotten men and women of our country” and declaring passionately, “I am your voice.”
Trump promised to stand by the “innocent people” suffering as a result of the political system, garnering loud applause from the crowd.
Singling out Clinton again, he blasted her as corrupt for her email scandal.
“When a secretary of state illegally stores her emails on a private server, deletes 33,000 of them so the authorities can’t see her crime, puts our country at risk, lies about it in every different form and faces no consequence – I know that corruption has reached a level like never before.”