U.S. Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump on Mon­day said he would accept the Repub­li­can nom­i­na­tion for a sec­ond term dur­ing a live speech at the White House next week, con­firm­ing plans that have drawn crit­i­cism from Democ­rats and even some fel­low Repub­li­cans. Trail­ing Demo­c­rat Joe Biden in opin­ion polls ahead of the Novem­ber vote, Trump last week told the New York Post he would “prob­a­bly” accept the Repub­li­can nom­i­na­tion from the White House lawn, call­ing it “a place that makes me feel good.” Rather than an in-per­son gath­er­ing planned for Mil­wau­kee, Wis­con­sin, Democ­rats this week have sched­uled four nights of vir­tu­al speech­es and events.