President Trump was billed as the “bodyguard of western civilisation” on the first night of the Republican convention as Americans were urged to resist a “cultural revolution” by the Democratic Party. Senior party figures and ordinary Americans venerated Mr Trump as a bulwark against socialism with Joe Biden, the Democratic candidate, compared to Fidel Castro by a Cuban emigré and called the “Loch Ness monster of the swamp” by Donald Trump Jr. The Republicans matched last week’s Democrat made-for-TV convention with a slickly-produced two-and-a-half hour show recorded mainly in an empty Washington theatre after the coronavirus caused the cancellation of the traditional huge gathering of party activists. Mr Trump appeared personally in two short films made at the White House, one with a group of

Source: The Times August 25, 2020 05:26 UTC