During his acceptance speech Donald Trump draws 61 lines in the sand

Donald Trump “humbly and gratefully” accepted the Republican Party nomination for the presidency of the United States on July 21st, 2016.

The theme of Mr. Trump’s acceptance speech was to show the differences between him, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and the Democratic Party’s platform. Trump summed it up by saying:

My opponent asks her supporters to recite a three-word loyalty pledge. It reads: “I’m with her.” I choose to recite a different pledge. My pledge reads: “I’m with you the American people.”

During his acceptance speech Mr. Trump drew clear domestic and national security policy lines in the sand. Here are the lines in the sand from Mr. Trump’s acceptance speech:

1. [W]e will lead our country back to safety, prosperity, and peace.
2. We will be a country of generosity and warmth.
3. [W]e will also be a country of law and order.
4. The crime and violence that today afflicts our nation will soon — and I mean very soon come to an end.
5. We cannot afford to be so politically correct anymore.
6. The problems we face now — poverty and violence at home, war and destruction abroad — will last only as long as we continue relying on the same politicians who created them. A change in leadership is required to produce a change in outcomes.
7. [O]ur plan will put America first.Americanism, not globalism, will be our credo.
8. The American people will come first once again.
9. My message is that things have to change and they have to change right now.
10. I have no patience for injustice. No tolerance for government incompetence.
11. I know that corruption has reached a level like never ever before in our country.
12. I have joined the political arena so that the powerful can no longer beat up on people that cannot defend themselves.
13. Nobody knows the system better than me, which is why I alone can fix it. I have seen firsthand how the system is rigged against our citizens, just like it was rigged against Bernie Sanders.
14. [W]e are going to fix the system so it works fairly and justly for each and every American.
15. We will bring the same economic success to America that [Governor and Vice President nominee] Mike brought Indiana.Hi
16. The first task for our new administration will be to liberate our citizens from the crime and terrorism and lawlessness that threatens their — our communities.
17. When I take the oath of office next year, I will restore law and order to our country.
18. I am the law and order candidate.
19. I will work to ensure that all of our kids are treated equally, and protected equally.
20. We are going to defeat the barbarians of ISIS. And we are going to defeat them bad.
21. I will do everything in my power to protect our LGBTQ citizens from the violence and oppression of a hateful foreign [Islamic] ideology.
22. We must have the best, absolutely the best, gathering of intelligence anywhere in the world.
23. We must abandon the failed policy of nation- building and regime change that Hillary Clinton pushed in Iraq, Libya, in Egypt, and Syria.
24. we must work with all of our allies who share our goal of destroying ISIS and stamping out Islamic terrorism and doing it now, doing it quickly.
25. We’re going to win. We’re going to win fast. This includes working with our greatest ally in the region, the state of Israel.
26. [W]e must immediately suspend immigration from any nation that has been compromised by terrorism until such time as proven vetting mechanisms have been put in place. We don’t want them in our country.
27. I only want to admit individuals into our country who will support our values and love our people. Anyone who endorses violence, hatred or oppression is not welcome in our country and never ever will be.
28. We are going to have an immigration system that works, but one that works for the American people.
29. We are going to build a great border wall to stop illegal immigration, to stop the gangs and the violence, and to stop the drugs from pouring into our communities.
30. By ending catch-and-release on the border, we will stop the cycle of human smuggling and violence.
31. Peace will be restored by enforcing the rules for the millions who overstay their visas, our laws will finally receive the respect they deserve.
32. We are going to be considerate and compassionate to everyone. But my greatest compassion will be for our own struggling citizens.
33. I have a different vision for our workers. It begins with a new, fair trade policy that protects our jobs and stands up to countries that cheat — of which there are many.
34. I’m going to make our country rich again. Using the greatest business people of the world, I’m going to turn our bad trade agreements into great trade agreements.
35. I am going to bring our jobs back our jobs to Ohio and Pennsylvania and New York and Michigan and all of America and I am not going to let companies move to other countries, firing their employees along the way, without consequences.
36. I pledge to never sign any trade agreement that hurts our workers, or that diminishes our freedom and Independence. We will never ever sign bad trade deals. America first again. American first.
37. I will make individual deals with individual countries. No longer will we enter into these massive transactions with many countries that are thousands of pages long and which no one from our country even reads or understands.
38. We are going to enforce all trade violations against any country that cheats. This includes stopping China’s outrageous theft of intellectual property, along with their illegal product dumping, and their devastating currency manipulation.
39. I have proposed the largest tax reduction of any candidate who has run for president this year, Democrat or Republican. Middle-income Americans will experience profound relief, and taxes will be greatly simplified for everyone. I mean everyone.
40. Excessive regulation is costing our country as much as $2 trillion a year, and we will end and it very quickly.
41. We are going to lift the restrictions on the production of American energy.
42. We will build the roads, highways, bridges, tunnels, airports, and the railways of our tomorrow.
43. We will rescue kids from failing schools by helping their parents send them to a safe school of their choice.
44. We will repeal and replace disastrous Obamacare. You will be able to choose your own doctor again.
45. [W]e will fix TSA at the airports, which is a total disaster.
46. We are going to work with all of our students who are drowning in debt to take the pressure off these young people just starting out in their adult lives.
47. We will completely rebuild our depleted military.
48. [T]he countries that we protecting at a massive cost to us will be asked to pay their fair share.
49. We will take care of our great veterans like they have never been taken care of before.
50. We will guarantee those who serve this country will be able to visit the doctor or hospital of their choice without waiting five days in a line and dying.
51. We are going to ask every department head and government to provide a list of wasteful spending projects that we can eliminate in my first 100 days.
52. We are also going to appoint justices to the United States Supreme Court who will uphold our laws and our constitution.
53. My opponent wants to essentially abolish the 2nd Amendment. I, on the other hand, received the early and strong endorsement of the National Rifle Association. And will protect the right of all Americans to keep their families safe.
54. An amendment, pushed by Lyndon Johnson, many years ago, threatens religious institutions with a loss of their tax-exempt status if they openly advocate their political views. Their voice has been taken away. I will work hard to repeal that language and to protect free speech for all Americans.
55. [M]y sole and exclusive mission is to go to work for our country, to go to work for you. It is time to deliver a victory for the American people. We don’t win anymore, but we are going to start winning again. But to do that, we must break free from the petty politics of the past.
56. I will be a champion.Your champion.
57. I am your voice. So to every parent who dreams for their child, and every child who dreams for their future, I say these words to you tonight: I’m with you, and I will fight for you, and I will win for you
58. We will make America strong again.
59. We will make America proud again.
60. We will make America safe again.
61. And we will make America great again!

Here is the video of Donald Trump’s acceptance speech:

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