Trump Accepts Republican Nomination for Presidency, Blasts Obama’s Foreign Policy

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Donald Trump took the stage at the Republican National Convention in Ohio, giving a speech in which he accepted the Party's nomination for the US presidency and slammed Obama's foreign policy as well as running economy.

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's nomination for president Thursday night, the fourth day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio.

Trump claimed homicides increased by 17 percent in the 50 largest cities last year, calling it the largest increase in 25 years.

Trump moved on to the Obama administration, criticizing it 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."

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."

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