After a failed assassination attempt on Saturday, Donald Trump said he was ripping up his Republican National Convention speech and starting over. He wanted to put down his old lines of division and promote a new tone of unity.
But if that was the case, Trump seemed to ditch that new speech too, live onstage, and return to many of his familiar, dark themes for over 90 minutes.
As the teleprompter paused Thursday, waiting for him to pick up his new tone wherever he last left it, Trump summoned his standard spirit, recycled many of his same lines and delivered a speech that was vintage Trump.