Donald Trump took a softer tone during his most recent campaign speech, telling a massive crowd of supporters and watching television audience, via an uncharacteristic teleprompter delivery, he would make the Republican Party "proud" to call him their presidential candidate.

"You've given me the honor to lead the Republican Party to victory this fall," he said, the Hill reported. "We're going to do it, folks. I understand the responsibility of carrying the mantle and I will never ever let you down. I will make you proud of your party and your movement."

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The speech, which skipped over controversial topics like border-wall building and Muslim immigration bans, came after Trump has fielded considerable fire for his remarks about Judge Gonzalo Curiel, who's overseeing the suits against Trump University. In essence, Trump has questioned Curiel's ability to be fair and impartial, given his Hispanic heritage – though he was born in Indiana – and the billionaire businessman's many calls to build a wall on the border with Mexico.

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Speaker Paul Ryan blasted Trump's comments as textbook "racist," though he later clarified he did not mean to call the businessman racist.

And others from both within and without the Republican Party have seized on the matter to showcase what they argue is Trump's inability to lead from the White House.

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Trump, apparently, is trying to smooth feathers and present a softer image – one that's decidedly more humble than what he's presented in recent months.

"To those who voted for someone else in either party," he said, during his speech, the Hill said, "I'll work hard to earn your support. I will work very hard to earn that support. To all of those Bernie Sanders supporters who have been left out in the cold by a rigged system of super delegates, we welcome you with open arms."

Trump also tried to steer his campaign off the hot rails from his Curiel remarks and back on course with policy messages.

"America is getting taken apart piece by piece and auctioned off to the highest bidder," Trump said. "We're broke. We owe $19 trillion going quickly to $21 trillion. Our infrastructure is a disaster. Our schools are failing. Crime is rising. People are scared. The last thing we need is Hillary Clinton in the White House of the extension of the Obama disaster."

Trump also said he was preparing a speech to deliver in the coming days about just why Clinton would be a terrible mistake for America, beginning with her and her husband's politicking of "personal enrichment" and the various ways corruption has marked both of the Clintons' careers.