--- ---  # Read Early Excerpts From Donald Trump's Speech at the Republican National Convention by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Jul 21, 2016 11:01 PM UTC  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is seen on day three of the Republican National Convention at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio on July 20, 2016\. / AFP / Jim WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images) Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is seen on day three of the Republican National Convention at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio on July 20, 2016\. / AFP / Jim WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)JIM WATSON—AFP/Getty Images by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Jul 21, 2016 11:01 PM UTC Donald Trump will accept the Republican presidential nomination Thursday night at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. Below are excerpts from his speech: --- > “” --- Read Part of Donald Trump's Republican Convention Speech ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4418315/donald-trump-republican-convention-speech-transcript/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4418315/donald-trump-republican-convention-speech-transcript/"},"headline":"Read Early Excerpts From Donald Trump's Speech at the Republican National Convention","datePublished":"2016-07-21T23:01:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:27:39.868Z","description":"Trump will accept the Republican presidential nomination tonight in Cleveland.","url":"https://time.com/4418315/donald-trump-republican-convention-speech-transcript/","keywords":["Donald Trump","republicans","2016 Election topic","Republican National Convention"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7b1c7109a7736f74/69889d03bc6cfc754e3dde4f/donakd-trump-nato-member-defense-russia-attack.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel White","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-white/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7b1c7109a7736f74/69889d03bc6cfc754e3dde4f/donakd-trump-nato-member-defense-russia-attack.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US-VOTE-REPUBLICANS-CONVENTION","caption":"Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is seen on day three of the Republican National Convention at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio on July 20, 2016.","creditText":"JIM WATSON—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4418315/donald-trump-republican-convention-speech-transcript/","name":"Read Early Excerpts From Donald Trump's Speech at the Republican National Convention"}}]}] ```