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August 26, 2020 Of course, Trump senior was also present. He got caught up in the White House for the swearing in of five new American citizens.

The children perform in a foregone defense of the father. For example, second son Eric argues that "Thanks to my father, America has become a respectable country again. My father's promises have been kept and Biden knows nothing about American workers and businesses." And the penultimate born Tiffany takes it out on the newspapers that manipulate the facts ".

There is no doubt that the most anticipated intervention was that of the first lady. A long speech, lasting about half an hour, in which she practically took up all the themes of her husband's election campaign, as is obvious, but without ever charging them with the hatred that these days of partisan conventions have accustomed us to listening to. her most notable phrase that distinguished her from all the other speakers was: "I don't want to take the time to attack the other party, because this way of doing nothing but dividing the country, as we have seen".

Between one family member of Trump and the other in front of the camera there have been 'extras' characters to represent segments of the Republican electorate: from the mid-west farmer to the Maine lobster fisherman, to the Texan policeman. The intervention of the secretary of state is more political. Mike Pompeo intervenes from Jerusalem, where he is in these days, with a recorded video that has not failed to spark controversy. China is in first place: Trump has "raised the curtain on the predatory aggression of the Chinese Communist Party". And then again: "The president held Beijing responsible for the coronavirus cover-up".