Thousands of supporters chanted "fight, fight, fight" and pumped their fists Thursday night as Donald Trump basked in the love of the new Republican Party he built and that hails him as a superhero touched by God.
States away, Joe Biden sat isolated and sick in his Delaware beach house as the party he led to victory just four years ago turned on the 81-year-old president and the possibility grew that a humiliating final chapter may be opening in a storied political life.
Trump and Biden have been locked in a bitter political clash ever since Biden vowed to launch a battle for the soul of the nation when White supremacists marched through Charlottesville, Virginia, seven years ago.
Their fates diverged sharply Thursday. Trump accepted the nomination of a united party convinced it's cruising to victory in November, while Democrats splintered, with some fearing that their president could lead them to a landslide defeat after a cataclysmic debate performance sent his reelection campaign into freefall three weeks ago.
Trump spoke on the last night of the Republican National Convention at the end of a week that he might not have lived to see after narrowly escaping an assassination attempt – the second stunning twist in three weeks in a suddenly transformed election campaign.
"Just a few short days ago, my journey with you nearly ended, we know that," Trump said. "And yet here we are tonight, all gathered together, talking about the future promise and a total renewal of a thing we love very much, it's called America," he declared.
"We live in a world of miracles."
As the former president wistfully told the story of the horrific moment he came under attack in a Pennsylvania park on Saturday, he displayed rare vulnerability and reflection. "I'm not supposed to be here tonight," Trump told the crowd, which broke into a spontaneous chant of "yes you are, yes you are!"
The eyes of people high in the stands of the Milwaukee Bucks' arena glistened with tears as Trump described how he heard a "loud whizzing sound" and felt something hit him "really, really hard on (his) right ear." He survived, he said, because he had "God on (his) side."
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