Tom Goodenough Tom Goodenough

Donald Trump wins Republican race – will the next stop be the White House?

Donald Trump’s victory in Indiana means he’s now all but certain to be the Republican nominee. It’s a moment that many thought just couldn’t happen. As journalists, we’ve spent months writing off the Donald and ruminating on why his latest ‘gaffe’ will spell the end – he has said he wants to build a wall to keep Mexicans out, described China as ‘raping’ the US and even said he could shoot someone and wouldn’t lose votes. And do you know what? He looks as though he’s right. But now that Trump is set to take on Hillary in the race for the White House, surely where fed-up Republican voters lapped up his wild rhetoric, American voters won’t follow? As with everything about this race so far, it’s hard to say. Hillary would seem to be the clear favourite in a head-to-head race with Trump and indeed one of the problems for Trump in a Presidential race is just how effective he would be in broadening out his appeal.

It’s clear that Trump has already got one eye on doing just that, though.

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