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Vance takes centre stage as Trump wraps up GOP midterm convention with voter warnings

Vice-president, with an eye to 2028 presidential election, outlines his vision for the future of America

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US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Vice-President J.D. Vance on the second day of the Midterm Republican National Convention in Dallas, Texas on September 10. Photo: EPA
Lucy Quagginin New York
US President Donald Trump and Vice-President J.D. Vance wrapped up the Republican Party’s first-ever midterm convention on Thursday night with promises of an America “greater than ever before”, aiming to secure crucial swing voters ahead of November’s battle for Congress.

“You got to get out and vote, and you got to pretend I’m on the ballot,” Trump said, while also getting the crowd at the Dallas gathering – dubbed “Trump-a-palooza” by his supporters – to pledge allegiance to him.

“You know what happens if you don’t vote? You go to hell.”

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On Thursday, Vance gave the keynote speech, outlining his vision for the future of America, touting a “national birthright”, stressing the importance of the nuclear family and calling the Democrats a “party of hatred”, before Trump delivered an unusually short closing address.

As the president is constitutionally barred from seeking a third term – even as he has repeatedly teased running anyway – Vance’s speech in Dallas may have served as an audition for the 2028 presidential nomination, a prospect he briefly addressed in his remarks.

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