Tom Goodenough Tom Goodenough

Republican nomination within Trump’s grasp

Every time we write Donald Trump off in the race for the Republican nomination, he seems to bounce back. Last night’s huge win in five states showed him doing just that and arguably doing so in the most resounding way so far. Trump is now calling himself the ‘presumptive nominee’ having beaten his rival Ted Cruz in Conneticut, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island. He told his supporters:

‘It’s amazing what has been happening, the crowds we have been having are record-breaking crowds. The best way to beat the system is to have evenings like this, where you get record-setting votes and delegates. I use the analogy of the boxer: when the boxer knocks out the other boxer you don’t have to wait for the decision. We have millions more votes than Cruz.’

His fighting talk is aimed squarely at one thing: making it as difficult as he can for the Republican party to pull a fast one on him.

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