flowing in every day , these data are added to the wayback machine after an embargo period . the night ’s official theme was " make america work again , " and the political speakers , notably trump ’s former rivals and current sycophants chris christie and ben carson , tried to focused their rhetoric on jobs , touting trump ’s business experience and repeating tried - and - true republican attack lines on president obama ’s economic record . that was probably the biggest news of the republican national convention ’s second night , but once the actual business of the event was out of the way , the focus was on jobs and family . “ donald j. trump is the republican nominee .