Donald Trump has accepted the Republican nomination for a second term with a blistering attack on Democratic rival Joe Biden.

He asserts a Biden victory in November would only exacerbate the racial strife and coronavirus pandemic besieging the nation.

Speaking from the White House South Lawn despite criticism he was using the executive residence as a political prop, Trump portrayed Biden as a far-left extremist who would usher in a lawless, dangerous America.

Minister and Newstalk ZB broadcaster Rev Frank Ritchie joins The Weekend Collective to discuss this, along with more issues making news this week.

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