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Donald Trump softens tone to urge 'a new unity' Donald Trump softens tone to urge 'a new unity'
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US President Donald Trump has called for a "new unity", a day after a campaign-style rally in which he attacked political foes and media.US President Donald Trump has called for a "new unity", a day after a campaign-style rally in which he attacked political foes and media.
Speaking in Reno, Nevada, Mr Trump said "we are one people with one home and one great flag".Speaking in Reno, Nevada, Mr Trump said "we are one people with one home and one great flag".
"In America, we never lose faith, we never forget who we are, and we never stop striving for a better future," he told the American Legion."In America, we never lose faith, we never forget who we are, and we never stop striving for a better future," he told the American Legion.
Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the convention centre as he spoke.Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the convention centre as he spoke.
Mr Trump's speech in Arizona the night before was criticised as divisive. In a 22-minute address to the veterans' group, Mr Trump read from a teleprompter as he said: "It is time to heal the wounds that have divided us, and to seek a new unity based on the common values that unite us."
During his remarks in Phoenix, he railed against the states's two senators, both fellow members of his Republican party. He told his audience that in the US, "we are not defined by the colour our skin, the figure on our pay cheque, or the party of our politics.
In Reno on Wednesday, Mr Trump said that in the US, "we are not defined by the colour our skin, the figure on our paycheck, or the party of our politics.
"We are defined by our shared humanity.""We are defined by our shared humanity."
At a raucous rally in Arizona the night before he railed against that state's two senators, both fellow members of his Republican party.
He excoriated media coverage of his statements about violence at a white supremacist march in Charlottesville, Virginia, earlier this month.
In his 80-minute speech, Mr Trump also threatened to shut down the government unless funding was approved for his proposed wall on the US-Mexico border.
Outside the venue in central Phoenix, protesters clashed with police.