In case you hadn’t noticed, Donald Trump was designated the Republican Party’s Presidential nominee last night. Just let that sink in for a moment.
But arguably the biggest talking points from the conference have been about his family members. While counting the delegates for each nominee, Donald Trump Jr. was chosen to throw his father ‘over the top’, cementing his position as Republican nominee, before shouting, “congratulations Dad! We love you!”
During the same evening, Trump’s family members gave speeches praising his ‘virtue and industriousness’.
What’s more, Melania Trump was criticised yesterday when her speech appeared to plagiarise large parts of Michelle Obama’s 2008 address to the Democratic convention.
All this has ensured that the Trump show steamrollered the convention in Cleveland, much in the same way it dominated the primaries.
Of course, this could just be a carefully managed front for the media to appeal to supporters of Trump, whose brand has certainly received its fair share of airtime over the past few months. Throughout his life, Trump has had no issue putting his family center-stage, be it during his campaign for public office, or on his reality TV shows.
But a report in Politico suggests that his entire campaign is being run as a family enterprise. This, coming after Corey Lewandowski was fired about a month ago.
This rightful questioning of who exactly is running Trump’s campaign, lifts the lid on the role of Jared Kushner, who’s married to Trump’s daughter Ivanka, and appears to be attempting to run things.
Furthermore, it appears that Trump does sometimes take advice from family members throughout the campaign.
But things aren’t necessarily going as planned.
In the same report, it’s alleged that Trump reprimanded his son-in-law during the recent anti-Semitism storm.
With a greater amount of control by family members, the Trump campaign looks like it could continue to suffer from internal division.
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