Donald Trump couldn't tame his self-indulgence, as he was nominated by a Republican party that has become his wholly-owned subsidiary.
He opened telling an adoring convention about what happened when he was shot last weekend, implying he was saved by God. He wore a large patch over his right ear, glanced apparently by a bullet.
After a fleeting call for rising above partisanship he returned to form, lashing out at Democrats for "partisan witch hunts" against him, "cheating on elections" assailing "crazy Nancy Pelosi" and charging Joe Biden was more incompetent than the combined failures of the ten worst Presidents.
At the Milwaukee convention, in an interminably long acceptance speech, he showed again he is an attack dog, all the conjecture from his team about being a changed man after an assassination attempt was a ruse.
As usual, in boasting about his accomplishments which he vowed to reprise is elected in November, he was a fact-checker's dream as, among others, he lied about enacting the largest tax cut in American history and building a wall across the whole 1,000 mile border with Mexico, and that the crime rate in America is soaring when it actually is declining.
His angry demeanor and vicious partisan attacks -- predominately on immigrants -- were welcome news for Democrats who worried he might strike a more outreaching posture.
Nothing better illustrates Trump's domination than the absence of any debate or discussion over abortion, an issue that stirred GOP passions for more than four decades.Trump, seeing it as a political loser, dictated the party retreat from its long held support for a national ban and simply declare it's an issue for the states. Amazingly, most anti-abortion activists capitulated on what they proclaimed was a moral issue.