Former US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley on Tuesday gave "strong support" to Donald Trump, a rival during the Republican primaries, and called for "unity" and to vote for the tycoon.
On the second day of the Republican National Convention, which runs until Thursday in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Haley, who had harshly criticized Trump during the primary elections, overcame her differences with the former president and defended his return the White House.
"Donald Trump has my strong support, period. (...) For the good of our nation, we must choose Trump", urged the former governor of South Carolina, applauded by the audience.
Haley's speech was one of the most anticipated of the night, as she had not initially been invited to participate in the Convention that nominated Trump as the Republican candidate for the November 5th presidential election.
The invitation was only made on Sunday, after the attempted assassination of Trump on Saturday at a campaign rally in the state of Pennsylvania.
Haley said she received a "gracious invitation" from the Republican tycoon and was "happy" to accept it: "Trump asked me to speak at this convention in the name of unity."
The former governor argued that the country will be "much worse" with four more years of Joe Biden's current government and claimed that the Democrats have moved too "to the left".
Recognizing that "not all Americans agree with Trump all the time", he then directed a message to this electorate: "My message is simple: you don't need to agree with Trump 100% of the time to vote for him. Believe in For me, I haven't always agreed with President Trump, but we agree more often than we disagree."
"We agreed to keep America strong, America safe. (...) I'm here because we have a country to save," she said, being applauded by Trump, who smiled when he heard the former ambassador speak in her favor.
Throughout the Republican primaries, Haley was the tycoon's last opponent to drop out of the election race.
In her speech at the Republican Convention, Haley, who served as ambassador to the UN during the Trump administration, highlighted that Russia's invasion of Crimea took place under the command of then President Barack Obama and the invasion of Ukraine took place under the command of Joe Biden, both Democrats.
"But when Donald Trump was president, [Russian President] Vladimir Putin did nothing. No invasion, no war. This was no coincidence. Putin didn't attack Ukraine because he knew Donald Trump was tough," she said.
"A strong President doesn't start wars. A strong President prevents wars," she added.
The theme of the second day of the Republican National Convention was crime and immigration, under the motto "Make America Safe Again."
In this sense, much of the Republican speeches focused on the mass entry of undocumented immigrants across the United States border with Mexico, accusing Biden of putting the country in danger.
"The border is the biggest threat our country faces. We have thousands of immigrants coming in and we don't know who they are and what they want to do," said Nikki Haley.
In addition to Haley, other former rivals of Trump lined up at the Republican Convention to defend a new government for the Republican tycoon.
Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, who finished second in the 2016 primary against Trump, condemned a "literal invasion" of the United States by immigrants.
Businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, who frequently praised Trump during the primary race, excited the crowd with the promise that the former president would "close the border."
"The message to illegal immigrants is: we will return you to your country, not because you are bad people, but because you broke the law," Ramaswamy said.
Another of the most anticipated figures of the night was the governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, who exchanged accusations with Trump during the primaries.
Now, DeSantis praised Trump for the economic and border policies he had in place when he was head of state (2017-2020).
"Our country was respected when Donald Trump was our leader", declared the governor, one of the most applauded speakers at the event.
DeSantis ended the speech with an order to "fight, fight, fight", referring to the words Trump spoke after Saturday's assassination attempt.
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