How Donald Trump Shaped the 2024 GOP Platform

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By The New York Times

Published 4 months ago on

July 18, 2024

Former President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, on stage for a walkthrough ahead of the third night of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, on Wednesday, July 17, 2024. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)

From dictating exactly what he wanted party principles to say to confiscating delegates’ phones at the convention, the way Donald Trump went about getting his Republican Party platform adopted shows how much of an imprint he’s had on the party.

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By The New York Times
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Former President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, on stage for a walkthrough ahead of the third night of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, on Wednesday, July 17, 2024. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)

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