Trump holding back two major announcements until after the DNC, sources say
The IndependentSign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Trump claims polls are fake and suburban women like him But in his prepared remarks, Trump also planned to make two other unique appeals to voters, including his first foray into anti-transgender policy. A copy of his planned speech obtained by NOTUS revealed that Trump plans to propose making it a felony nationwide to provide gender-affirming care for minors without their parents’ or guardians’ consent, something which is already largely illegal except in a handful of states. Donald Trump backed off from making two policy announcements in his speech in Howell, Michigan on Tuesday as Democrats hold the spotlight in Chicago amid their four-day convention But neither of those above sentences made it into the live version of the ex-president’s speech in Howell. Trump, by comparison, raised less than a quarter million in July — less than Kamala Harris raised in one week after she entered the race as the presumptive Democratic nominee for president.