What Went Down During President Trump’s Closing Speech At The RNC

“The fact is: We’re here and they’re not,” says Trump. He is hitting on a big theme in American politics at the moment, which is that, in a world of negative partisanship, beating your opponent can trump many other concerns.

Trump turns to face the White House and says “I’m here, what’s the name of that building?” flaunting his choice to use the people’s house as a political backdrop.

Good point, Nathaniel. That’s clearly because almost all large metropolitan areas vote at least somewhat Democratic, if not overwhelmingly so. In the 2016 election, Trump only carried four of the 50 largest counties by population in the country.