“Donald Trump will address millions on Thursday in a rare opportunity to redefine the race on his terms after surviving an assassination attempt, winning repeated favorable rulings in criminal proceedings against him, and dominating polls against an opponent who was diagnosed with Covid and is facing mounting pressure to step aside,” the Washington Post reports.
“The speech will cap a week-long showcase of his fully transformed and consolidated Republican Party, culminating a stunning comeback for a former president who left the White House a twice-impeached pariah who tried to overturn his election defeat and was widely blamed for weighing down his party during the disappointing 2022 midterms.
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