Trump's presidential tilt building momentum

By The Canberra Times
Updated April 24 2018 - 9:04pm, first published May 5 2016 - 5:22pm

What seemed a political improbability a few months ago – a Republican Party presidential ticket headed by Donald Trump – now looks to be a fait accompli. On Wednesday, the last man still standing as an alternative Republican nominee, John Kasich, declared he was quitting the race. And the day before, Ted Cruz – flag-bearer of the Republicans' Tea Party wing – dropped out after his poor showing in the Indiana republican primary, won decisively by Mr Trump. With the remaining primaries (and delegates) now his for the taking, Mr Trump will go to the Republican convention in Cleveland in July as the presumptive nominee.

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