Домой United States USA — Music ‘We love Joe’ at Democratic convention really means ‘We love American values’

‘We love Joe’ at Democratic convention really means ‘We love American values’

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The crowd’s effusive love for the president on Monday night was about what he represents: personal sacrifice for the greater good.
There was a clue Monday night to why Donald Trump is still fixated on President Biden, even though he’s now running against Vice President Kamala Harris. When Biden appeared Monday on the Democratic National Convention’s stage, a packed house gave a standing ovation that lasted more than four minutes. We heard deafening chants of “We love Joe.” We saw tears from the most powerful person on the planet.
Trump sees in Biden everything that Trump is not.
Remember, for the former president, the thought of losing the White House was so painful that he tried to pressure elected officials to overturn the results. Instead of stopping the Jan. 6 attack at the Capitol, he watched it on television. When told that then-Vice President Mike Pence had been rushed to a secure location, he said, “So what?”
Trump is still hung up on Biden after the president stepped aside because Trump would never do something as selfless as what Biden did. For someone like the Republican nominee, who has spent 50 years seeking high-society acceptance, celebrity and adulation, scenes like what Biden received on Monday are a lifelong dream. They are why you run for office. It is inconceivable to a narcissist like Trump to consider patriotism more important.
Sure, in the golf cart video that was leaked after their jointly disastrous debate, Trump said he thought Biden would quit. However, considering Trump’s three-week temper tantrum since the president stepped aside, it’s now clear that the former president did not believe Biden would actually do it.
Unlike Biden, Trump will always scramble for more moments like Biden had on Monday night. The moving tribute videos, praises from congressional colleagues on stage, the words “I love you” coming from the running mate who is also a family friend.

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