NgoLwesine ibhaluni yehla kwi-RNC.
Yenza iMelika ibenkulu kwakhona.
Kwakunzima ukubaleka kule veki njengoko iNdibano yesiZwe yeRiphabhlikhi ka-2016 yahlasela iCleveland. Endaweni ethe ngqo ngqo kwi-Quicken Loans Arena-i-Q-abadlulayo babewabona loo magama abhalwe iminqwazi, iihempe namaqhosha. Ngaphakathi ebaleni, lalisasazwa kwiijumbotrons, likhwazwa zizithethi kwaye zibhalwe ngqindilili kwiimpawu ezigcinwe phezulu ngabathunywa kunye namalungu esihlwele. 
I-RNC ibibanjwe ukusukela nge-18 ukuya kwi-21 kaJulayi eCleveland.
NgoLwesibini, ivoti yokubiza amagama yenze uDonald Trump umtyunjwa osemthethweni weQela leRiphabhlikhi. Ikwenyusile yenza iMelika ukuba ibeNkulu kwakhona kwisikhalazo sokuhlanganisa amaRiphabhlikhi, kude kube nguLwesibini, ekusenokwenzeka ukuba abenethemba lokuba banokubaleka eCleveland ngonyulwa ngaphandle kukaTrump. Kutshanje ngoMvulo, abaxhasi bakaTrump bazamile ukunyanzela ivoti ukuba imigaqo ye-RNC inokulungiswa ukukhulula abathunywa kwaye ibavumele bavotele umgqatswa ongenguye lowo babemthembisile. NgoLwesibini, loo ntshukumo ibifile kwaye amaqela angaze abekho kwiTrump aba madolw 'anzima ukuxhasa abalandeli bakaTrump.
Ukuba bekukho umxholo omnye wendibano, yayingenguye uDonald Trump oza kuba ngumsindisi weqela leRiphabhlikhi. Kwakungekho ukuba iqonga leQela leRiphabhlikhi yayiliqela eligqibeleleyo leenjongo zokuba umongameli weRiphabhlikhi alandele. Kwakungekho nokuba uTrump abe ngoyena mntu ubalaseleyo kulonyulo. Endaweni yoko, abathunywa bagxile kwinto yokuba, bathande okanye bangathandi, uTrump wayengumtyunjwa weqela labo kwaye wayezimvo zabo enye indlela engcono yokukhetha u-Democrat uHillary Clinton e-ofisini. Umbutho, ekugqibeleni, awuzange umanyane emva kukaTrump. Babumbene ngokuchasene noClinton.
Omnye umsonto obaleke kwindibano yayikukungathandi ukubonwa ngamehlo xa kuthethwa ngusosiba welizwe. Xa iRhuluneli yaseNew Jersey uChris Christie wakhwela eqongeni ngolwe-Lwesibini, wasebenzisa i-RNC njengeqonga ukukhupha uClinton kwisihlwele esasisele sinxibe iihempe zisithi Hillary for Prison 2016. NgoLwesine, umhla wokugqibela wendibano, izitikha zavela iimfesane phantse zabo bonke abathunywa kumgangatho wendibano: Yoyisa uHillary. Vota Trump. 
Umthunywa uphethe uphawu oluchasene no-Cruz.
Xa uSenator waseTexas uTed Cruz enike intetho yakhe ngolwe-Lwesithathu, indawo yesibini egqibile ukwala ukuxhasa uTrump, indoda eyayimbiza ngokuba ulixoki kwiphulo lokunyelisa ukubonakala komfazi wakhe, uHeidi Cruz. Endaweni yokuba uCruz acele abaphulaphuli ukuba bavote. Wadibana neebosos ezivaliweyo ezivela esihlweleni. U-Cruz, ngokusilela kwakhe ukuxhasa uTrump, wabonwa njengomntu osandul 'ukwahlula kwiqela elinobunye obukhoyo ngoku. Ukunqongophala kwakhe kokutshintsha kwentliziyo kwabashiya abaphulaphuli be-GOP bezibuza ukuba iRiphabhlikhi ibalaseleyo njengoCroz angazama njani ukusongela umanyano olubuthathaka oluvele eCleveland. NgoTrump wayeqwalasele u-anti-Clinton, ukugxothwa kuka-Cruz kuye kwahlangatyezwana nentiyo evela kumawaka ebaleni kunye nezigidi ezingakumbi zibukele ekhaya.
Ngaphandle kwayo yonke idrama kunye nokungaqiniseki, imeko yangaphakathi ye-Q yayi, ngamanye amaxesha, ivuya. Umculo ophakamileyo werock wampompoza ngesandi esihambisa indawo kaCleveland njengekhaya leRock kunye neRoll Hall of Fame. Iindwendwe kunye namalungu esihlwele badanisa kwaye bacula. Banxibe iimpahla ezikhanyayo. Baziqhayisa ngeeflegi zaseMelika. Nokuba beze njani kwindibano (umxhasi kaTrump okanye hayi) kwakucacile ukuba wonke umthunywa, omnye umthunywa kunye nendwendwe babonwabile ukubakho. Bonwabile ukuba yinxalenye yenkqubo yokukhetha abonyuliweyo beqela labo, ngaphandle kwezikhalazo eziqhubekayo ezivela kumajelo eendaba abiza indibano ngengxwabangxwaba okanye bayifanisa nesekisi.
Ngelixa ngaphakathi ibala lalinemincili, iindawo ezikufuphi ne-Q zazime ngokuchaseneyo. 
Abazimeleyo beRNC badanisa umculo.
Ngaphandle, abaqhankqalazi namapolisa bebegcwele ezitratweni. Babedla ngokurhangqwa ngasemva kokubiyelwa ngocingo lwentsimbi olwahlula abaqhankqalazi kubantu ababeye kwindibano. Ukuhamba ngokukhawuleza ukusuka kwiziko lendibano kungakhokelela kwiingxoxo ezingathandekiyo, iingoma zifuna ukuphela kobugqwetha bukaTrump kunye namapolisa kwimigaphones eqondisa abaqhankqalazi malunga nokuba bayaphi. Indibano iphele ngokubanjwa okungange-18 kunye namagosa amabini enzakele kancinci.
Xa iibhaluni zawela ngaphakathi kwibala lemidlalo ngoLwesine ebusuku emva kokuba uTrump amkele ukonyulwa kweqela lakhe, ithuba lokuba abo baqhankqalazi babe nelizwi labo lokuva lilahlekile. UTrump kunye nendibano eyayimanyene emva kwakhe yayiza kuchithakala ngokukhawuleza. Isixeko saseRust Belt esikhawulezayo esikhawulezayo kunxweme lweLake Erie, sasiza kubuyela esiqhelweni kwakhona. Ngamafutshane, wonke umntu wayeya ekhaya kwaye uTrump aqale umlenze omtsha womkhondo wakhe, ngeli xesha njengomtyunjwa osemthethweni we-GOP.
Kule veki izayo, i-Democratic National Convention izakubanjelwa ePhiladelphia, ePennsylvania. Kulapho, uClinton uya kufumana ukutyunjwa kweqela lakhe. Kungekudala, yena noTrump bazokuma kunye kwinqanaba lengxoxo.
I-RNC isondele kwaye i-DNC isondele, inqanaba elilandelayo lephulo likuthi: unyulo jikelele. Ngoku, uTrump kufuneka afake inkundla kubavoti ngaphandle kweRiphabhlikhi yeQela kwaye abaqinisekise ukuba angayenza iMelika ukuba ibeNkulu kwakhona.
