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Donald
Trump finishes delivering his speech in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he
expressed regret for some of his comments earlier in the campaign AP
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Donald Trump has offered
a shock apology for insults he has unleashed on the campaign trail,
telling supporters in North Carolina he regrets statements that may have caused
people pain.
Media
report continues:
“As
you know I am not a politician,” he told supporters in Charlotte, the biggest
city in one of a handful of critical swing states. “I have never wanted to
learn the language of the insiders and I have never wanted to be politically
correct, it takes far too much time.”
He
went on: “Sometimes, in the heat of debate and speaking on a multitude of
issues, you don’t choose the right words or you say the wrong thing. I have
done that, and believe it or not, I regret it. I do regret it, particularly
where it may have caused personal pain.”
Giving
his first major speech since announcing a major campaign reshuffle on
Wednesday, Mr Trump attempted a new, sober tone, casting himself as a fighter
for the “forgotten” American people and the enemy of the powerful.
Delivered
from a teleprompter, it could almost have been the speech he didn’t give at his
convention in Cleveland, peppered with mentions of “moms” and “dads” and
uplifting promises of better tomorrows and visions of togetherness.
Mr Trump spoke, for instance, of a “new future of honesty, justice and opportunity. A future where America, and its people, always – and I mean always – come first”.
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