Former President Donald Trump accepted the Republican nomination for president on Thursday, marking the third consecutive election cycle he has received the party's nomination.
Trump became the first major party candidate since Franklin D. Roosevelt to accept three consecutive party nominations. Richard Nixon also accepted three Republican nominations, but not consecutively.
Trump accepted the nomination to close out this week's Republican National Convention. The address to delegates marked his first speech since Saturday's assassination attempt at a Pennsylvania rally.
In an interview with the New York Post, Trump said the assassination attempt caused him to rewrite his acceptance speech.
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“I had all prepared an extremely tough speech, really good, all about the corrupt, horrible administration,” he said. “But I threw it away.”
Trump added, “I want to try to unite our country. But I don’t know if that’s possible. People are very divided.”
Trump has been in attendance for all three nights of the convention so far. He has worn a large white bandage over his right ear after he said he was shot in the ear.
Some RNC attendees have also been spotted wearing white bandages over their ears as a sign of solidarity with Trump.
