2016 Democratic convention

Donald Trump, who once promised a "monumentally magnificent" and "brilliantly staged" Republican convention, now says he wasn't really involved with producing the event.

"I didn't produce our show," Trump told the New York Times' Jim Rutenberg when asked about how it differed from the Democratic convention. "I just showed up for the final speech on Thursday."

The GOP nominee says he's happy with how things turned out, even if he wasn't the master planner. 

"I thought our stage in Cleveland was much more beautiful," Trump said at a campaign event in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Thursday night. "I also liked my children better than their stars." (Trump's kids — Donald Jr., Ivanka, Eric and Tiffany — all spoke during primetime.) 

Trump told the Washington Post in April that he would inject some "showbiz" into the GOP convention, but his campaign managed to attract only a few celebrities to appear at the event. 

Hillary Clinton drew raucous applause when she acknowledged the historic nature of her presidential run.

“Tonight, we've reached a milestone in our nation's march toward a more perfect union: the first time that a major party has nominated a woman for President,” she said.

Female leadership has been a major theme of the DNC’s convention. Clinton added that her nomination isn’t just a benchmark for females.

She said she was also happy for men “because when any barrier falls in America, for anyone, it clears the way for everyone. When there are no ceilings, the sky's the limit.” 

Continuing on with President Barack Obama's plea for his coalition to "carry" Hillary Clinton to victory on Election Day, she said, "With your help I will carry all of your stories and voices with me to the White House." 

Even those that don't vote for her she promises.

She says she'll fight "for all Americans together."

Basketball star Kareem Abdul Jabbar took the stage at the DNC with a curious introduction.

"I'm Michael Jordan and I'm here with Hillary,” he said to laughter. “I said that because I know that Donald Trump couldn't tell the difference.”

Hillary Clinton's campaign has released some advance excerpts of tonight's speech. Here are the released portions:

"America is once again at a moment of reckoning. Powerful forces are threatening to pull us apart. Bonds of trust and respect are fraying. And just as with our founders there are no guarantees. It truly is up to us. We have to decide whether we’re going to work together so we can all rise together.

"We are clear-eyed about what our country is up against. But we are not afraid. We will rise to the challenge, just as we always have.

"So I want to tell you tonight how we're going to empower all Americans to live better lives. My primary mission as President will be to create more opportunity and more good jobs with rising wages right here in the United States. From my first day in office to my last. Especially in places that for too long have been left out and left behind. From our inner cities to our small towns, Indian Country to Coal Country. From the industrial Midwest to the Mississippi Delta to the Rio Grande Valley.

"The choice we face is just as stark when it comes to our national security. Anyone reading the news can see the threats and turbulence we face. From Baghdad and Kabul, to Nice and Paris and Brussels, to San Bernardino and Orlando, we're dealing with determined enemies that must be defeated. No wonder people are anxious and looking for reassurance -- looking for steady leadership.

"Every generation of Americans has come together to make our country freer, fairer, and stronger. None of us can do it alone. That's why we are stronger together."

In her acceptance speech tonight, Hillary Clinton will speak to all Americans -- not just core supporters, as Donald Trump did last week at the Republican convention, an aide to Clinton said.

She will describe the choice we face in this election and say we have arrived at a moment of reckoning, when the country must decide whether it will succumb to the powerful forces, both economic and social, that are trying to tear us apart, the aide said. 

As the fourth and final night of the Democratic convention opens, Donald Trump said, "Democrats have been speaking about a world that doesn’t exist. A world where America has full employment, where there’s no such thing as radical Islamic terrorism, where the border is totally secured, and where thousands of innocent Americans have not suffered from rising crime in cities like Baltimore and Chicago."

"In the Democrats’ fantasy world, there is no problem with Hillary Clinton maintaining an illegal, exposed server full of classified information that could have been hacked by any foreign enemy, and in which Hillary Clinton risked prison time to delete 33,000 emails that were simply about yoga and wedding planning," he added. "I propose a different vision for America, one where we can break up Washington’s rigged system, and empower all Americans to achieve their dreams. In our vision, we will put America First."

Donald Trump may not have gotten a bounce from the Republican convention, but it's been "yuge" for an online dating service that puts Americans terrified of living under a President Trump together with Canadians.

Joe Goldman of Maple Match says business is up 500% and continues to be going strong even as the Democratic convention is wrapping up.

"We've received hundreds of emails from people across North America asking to get matched now," Goldman said. "While anti-Trump sentiments seem to be driving some of the traffic to Maple Match, many Americans and Canadians have noted their excitement about simply dating someone on the other side of the border."

And not all the new subscribers are anti-Trump.

"We've even been getting emails from Bernie supporters talking about leaving the country regardless of who wins," Goldman said in an email.

While Goldman did not release any numbers, in an interview with NBC News when he first launched the site in May, he said 13,000 people — a quarter of them Canadians — were already subscribers.

The Texas-based matchmaker said he was inspired to launch the site, which claims it's "Making dating great again," by repeated threats from pals in Austin to move north of the border if Trump became the GOP nominee and actually wins in November.