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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. |
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." | |
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. | |
"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. |