'We have to set an example': Trump calls off Florida segment of Republican National Convention

US President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at the White House Image: Evan Vucci via PA Images US President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at the White House Image: Evan Vucci via PA Images US PRESIDENT DONALD Trump has scrapped plans for a four-night Republican National Convention celebration in Florida that had been set to draw more than 10,000 people to a pandemic hot spot to mark his renomination.

To have a big convention is not the right time. A small subset of Republican delegates will still formally renominate Trump on 24 August in Charlotte, North Carolina, at an event scheduled to last just four hours. Some of them would have faced quarantine requirements when they returned to their home states from the convention.

Joe Biden plans to accept the presidential nomination in person, but it remains to be seen whether there will be a significant in-person audience.

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