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Trump to deliver 'unity' speech at Republican National Convention in Milwaukee as F-35 intercepts mystery plane near city

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By Nick Allen For Dailymail.com

Published: 14:28 BST, 18 July 2024 | Updated: 14:58 BST, 18 July 2024

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Donald Trump is set to deliver one of the most important speeches of his life at the Republican National Convention tonight.

The former president will stress 'unity' in the wake of the failed attempt on his life last week.

It came as NORAD dispatched an F-35 to intercept an aircraft that violated a restricted zone near the convention in Milwaukee.

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J.D. Vance says he was 'crying backstage' during wife Usha's introduction speech

Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, speaks during Faith & Freedom Coalition's God & Country Breakfast, Thursday, July 18, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

At the Faith and Freedom breakfast in Milwaukee, Senator J.D. Vance reveals he was 'crying backstage' during his wife Usha's introductory speech.

He says his 'beautiful' wife 'has this just incredible relatability' and joked he wasn't 'in the right mind' to follow her remarks.

Then 'I realized it was my idea,' he said to laughter.

Vance also spoke of his journey in faith. Vance credits finding a wife and love as what brought him back to Christ.

At the breakfast, the senator pushed back on questions over whether the Republican party of the future will be welcoming to social conservatives.

'Social conservatives have a seat at this table, and they always will, so long as I have any influence in this party,' Vance said.

Trump to accept Republican nomination tonight

Donald Truimp will formally accept the Republican nommination tonight at the party's convention in Milwaukee.

It will be his first speech since he survived an assaintion attempt at a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday.

Truimp has said it will be a 'unity speech' in which he will call for Americans to join together.

Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump stands with Chloe Trump on Day 3 of the Republican National Convention (RNC), at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., July 17, 2024. REUTERS/Callaghan O'hare

UNC fraternity brothers who held U.S. flag up at Gaza protest high five adoring Republican fans as they pledge to 'keep it flying'

Several fraternity brothers from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill who defied pro-Gaza protestors by banding together to keep the U.S. flag from touching the ground received a loud and warm welcome from RNC attendees Wednesday.

When the group took the stage at the RNC Wednesday one could have believed a battalion of war heroes had just returned from service overseas, but that reception was not for the military but for the fraternity brother's militant defending of the flag.

Unidentified aircraft intercepted near Republican National Convention

The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) sent an F-35 aircraft to intercept an undidentified aircraft.

The mystery plane breached a temporary flight restriction area southwest of Milwaukee, where the Republican convention is being held.

At 3:30 pm on Wednesday radar data picked up the plane inside the restricted airspace at 4,400ft.

It was escirted out of the area and there were no further immediate details.

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