He observed on Twitter that Mr. Cruz had defied his pledge to support the Republican nominee. When Mr. Trump speaks, a march against Islamophobia is planned in the public square. The other is Peter Thiel, a co-founder of PayPal, who has become a lonely backer of Mr. Trump among Silicon Valley titans. Mr. Trump’s convention week has been unwieldy, unkempt and, for many Republicans, entirely unwelcome. As Mr. Trump prepares to take the stage, groups of demonstrators are expected to descend on Cleveland in a final show of opposition.

Source: New York Times July 21, 2016 09:03 UTC