CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - President Donald Trump turned a surprise opening-day appearance at his party’s scaled-down national convention into an opportunity to question the integrity of the fall election, even as his aides promised a diverse and uplifting message once the evening program shifted back to Washington, D.C.
for prime time.Trump, who was not scheduled to deliver his keynote convention address until later in the week, nevertheless made multiple public appearances throughout the first day of the four-day convention.
And while the evening programming was carefully scripted, Trump was not.RELATED: President Donald Trump says 2020 Democratic National Convention was 'gloomiest' in history“The only way they can take this election away.