Trump bragged that "everyone" wanted to come to the convention but photos showed a different story.

Vance is delivering the keynote address and Trump will give closing remarks on the final night of the Republican Party's two-day Dallas convention.

“It will be called the Trump Dividend,” the president said while speaking at the Republican midterm convention in Dallas, Texas, on Wednesday, Sept. 9

"Pretend I'm on the ballot," Trump said during Wednesday night's speech.

Critics sneered at Trump’s appeal. “Sounds like a plan!” wrote “Pod Save America” co-host Dan Pfeiffer on X. “Its all make believe,” wrote another. It’s not the first time recently that Trump has appealed to Republican Party voters to pretend that he’s on the ballot in this fall’s elections.

The president used his winding, nearly two-hour keynote address to try to boost Republicans around the country, telling his supporters to "pretend that I'm on the ballot" this fall.

President Donald Trump is claiming that his GOP midterm convention in Dallas somehow beat the "overall numbers" for the kickoff of the NFL season. The post Trump Claims Midterm Convention Ratings Beat NFL: ‘I Guess People LOVE TRUMP POLITICS!

Donald Trump’s nephew has posted a searing takedown of the president’s performance at the Republicans’. Fred Trump III, 64, posted on X that his uncle had turned the GOP’s event in Dallas into a “clown show.