Republicans are united, with Donald Trump as the supreme leader. This was the main message conveyed by several of his most prominent figures on the second day of the Republican Party’s National Convention, including his main rival in the primaries: Nikki Haley.
With Trump himself listening to her from the stands, the former Republican candidate for the presidency, who at the time starred in loud confrontations with Trump, assured that she was at the convention at the invitation of the former president, who asked her to offer “a message of unity.”
“He asked me to speak on behalf of the unit. It was a kind invitation and I accepted happily and I will start by leaving one thing perfectly clear: Donald Trump has my firm support,” she said after being greeted with some booing.
The former governor of South Carolina and former representative of the United States to the UN was the most prominent speaker on the second day of the Republican National Convention held this week in Milwaukee (Wisconsin).
A day after Trump made his first public appearance after the assassination attempt he suffered on Saturday in Butler (Pennsylvania), the Republican presidential candidate returned to the same forum today to listen to some of the speakers.
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Again he did not speak, since he is reserving himself for his speech of acceptance of the candidacy, which he will deliver on Thursday. Nor did his candidate for vice president, J.D. Vance, who will take the stage on Wednesday, speak.
Among today’s speakers were three of those who dared to challenge Trump and were candidates in the primaries: Haley, the governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy.
Haley was the last Republican pre-candidate to surrender to Trump’s superiority and, before the primaries and caucus began, she sounded like the only aspirant capable of taking away the throne, so today she was the most suitable figure to convey the image of unity that the party seeks.
The former U.S. ambassador to the UN appealed to undecided voters and assured that she is aware that there are many people who do not agree with Trump and that she herself has not been on some occasions, but that “it is not necessary to agree with Trump 100% of the time to vote for him.”
For his part, DeSantis offered a much more ideological speech than Haley and aimed at the party’s bases, claiming much of the conservative policies he carries out at the Florida front, with criticism of irregular migration and the left, which he accused of “indoctrinating” schools for talking about “diversity, equity and inclusion.”
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DeDantis asked for the vote for the Republican candidate because the United States needs “a commander-in-chief” active every day to lead the country and because the current president, Democrat Joe Biden, is not fit for his duties, he said.
Ramaswamy, who was also his rival in the primaries, resorted to humor: “Last year at this point I was a candidate for president and I am proud to say that I have achieved the impossible, that many of you know how to say my name,” he said before showing his strong support for Trump.
The former president is “the president who will manage to unite the country, not with words, but with deeds,” said the businessman, who also mentioned one of the most talked about issues on the day: the closure of borders. “If you want to seal the border, vote for Trump.”
With the unity shown at this convention, enhanced after the attempted assassination of the former president on Saturday, the times of division between the pro and anti-Trump, which only a few months ago starred in the headlines and the corrillos of the US Congress, are already far from behind.
Strong differences that were evident when, after the 2022 half-term elections, the Republicans won the House of Representatives and it was an odyssey to find a consensus candidate to exercise as a ‘speaker’ for the deep division between the most moderate and the MAGA, the radicals who identify with Trump’s motto Make the United States big again, for its acronym in English.
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The chosen one was Kevin McCarthy, but he needed fifteen votes to be approved and a year and a half later he became the first leader of the Lower House to be dismissed, at the request of Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz, for supporting the sending of funds to Ukraine.
U.S. and Mexico Reach Deal to Address Water Deficit Under 1944 Treaty
The United States and Mexico have reached an agreement to comply with current water obligations affecting U.S. farmers and ranchers and for Mexico to cover its water deficit to Texas under the 1944 Water Treaty, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in a statement.
The department уточified that the agreement applies to both the current cycle and the water deficit from the previous cycle.
On Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump accused Mexico of failing to comply with the water-sharing treaty between the two countries, which requires the United States to deliver 1.85 billion cubic meters of water from the Colorado River, while Mexico must supply 432 million cubic meters from the Rio Grande.
Mexico is behind on its commitments. According to Washington, the country has accumulated a deficit of more than one billion cubic meters of water over the past five years.
“This violation is severely harming our beautiful crops and our livestock in Texas,” Trump wrote on Monday.
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The Department of Agriculture said on Friday that Mexico had agreed to supply 250 million cubic meters of water starting next week and to work toward closing the shortfall.
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, quoted in the statement, said Mexico delivered more water in a single year than it had over the previous four years combined.
Trump has said that if Mexico continues to fall short of its obligations, the United States reserves the right to impose 5% tariffs on imported Mexican products.
Mexico’s Deputy Foreign Minister for North America, Roberto Velasco, said that a severe drought in 2022 and 2023prevented the country from meeting its commitments.
Several people shot in attack on Brown University campus
Several people were shot on Saturday in an attack on the campus of Brown University, in the northeastern United States, local police reported.
“Shelter in place and avoid the area until further notice,” the Providence Police Department urged in a post on X. Brown University is located in Providence, the capital of the state of Rhode Island.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on his social media platform Truth Social that he had been briefed on the situation and that the FBI was on the scene.
At 5:52 p.m. local time (11:52 p.m. GMT), Brown University said the situation was still “ongoing” and instructed students to remain sheltered until further notice.
After initially stating that the suspect had been taken into custody, Trump later posted a second message clarifying that local police had walked back that information. “The suspect has NOT been apprehended,” the U.S. president said.
Colombia says it would not reject Maduro asylum request as regional tensions escalate
The Colombian government stated on Thursday that it would have no reason to reject a potential asylum request from Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro should he leave office, as regional tensions persist over the deployment of U.S. military forces in the Caribbean since August.
“In the current climate of tension, negotiations are necessary, and if the United States demands a transition or political change, that is something to be assessed. If such a transition results in him (Maduro) needing to live elsewhere or seek protection, Colombia would have no reason to deny it,” said Colombian Foreign Minister Rosa Villavicencio in an interview with Caracol Radio. However, Villavicencio noted that it is unlikely Maduro would choose Colombia as a refuge. “I believe he would opt for someplace more distant and calmer,” she added.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro also commented on Venezuela’s situation on Wednesday, arguing that the country needs a “democratic revolution” rather than “inefficient repression.” His remarks followed the recent detention and passport cancellation of Cardinal Baltazar Porras at the Caracas airport.
“The Maduro government must understand that responding to external aggression requires more than military preparations; it requires a democratic revolution. A country is defended with more democracy, not more inefficient repression,” Petro wrote on X (formerly Twitter), in a rare public criticism of the Venezuelan leader.
Petro also called for a general amnesty for political opponents and reiterated his call for forming a broad transitional government to address Venezuela’s prolonged crisis.
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Since September, U.S. military forces have destroyed more than 20 vessels allegedly carrying drugs in Caribbean and Pacific waters near Venezuela and Colombia, resulting in over 80 deaths. U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly warned that attacks “inside Venezuela” will begin “soon,” while Maduro has urged Venezuelans to prepare for what he describes as an impending external aggression.
