Donald Trump wins Republican nomination

[-:Undertaker:-]

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/l...linton-sanders

Indiana primary live: do-or-die for Cruz as Trump seeks Republican coronation

New York billionaire could all but lock down Republican nomination on Tuesday, while Clinton hopes to prevent another Sanders victory

Well he has done it.

You have to admire the guy. Ran for the nomination of a party that doesn't even like him. Ran the most politically incorrect campaign in history with the entire media united against him. Funding his own campaign and refused donations. Has had to put up with far-left groups interrupting and trying to block him from speaking at every single public event. And through all that, like him or not, he has won. He's rewritten the rules of American politics.

On the Democrat side Clinton pretty much has it. Bernie Sanders, an insurgent like Trump, has ran her much closer than initially thought and in a way it is a shame he didn't make it across the line like the Republican version of him (Trump) has done as it would've really shook up the establishment in both parties.

I still think the yanks should invite our monarchy back and do away with this endless presidential malarky but there you go.

Thoughts?

[OldLoveSong]

just found out about cruz dropping out, im canadian but this election is so cray to read about, i do think itll be trump n clinton head to head and whoever can win over the bernie supporters will most likely win

[Alkaz]

Im hoping for a Clump coalition.

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Interesting to wonder who he'll pick as his Vice Presidential nominee.

To make himself seem more experienced and to please the Republican establishment he could pick a politician like Cruz, Rubio or someone like that. But for some reason I can't see it given how he's taken them all on and completely flattened them all. On the other hand, picking a non-politician like a successful businessman/woman like himself would really make it an anti-establishment ticket and the Clinton machine would really look tired and very elitist if he picks a wildcard for his VP pick.

Wildcard option would be cool, someone like John McAfee (founder of the security programme) or Peter Thiel (founder of PayPal).

[AgnesIO]

You have to admire the guy. Ran for the nomination of a party that doesn't even like him. Ran the most politically incorrect campaign in history with the entire media united against him. Funding his own campaign and refused donations. Has had to put up with far-left groups interrupting and trying to block him from speaking at every single public event. And through all that, like him or not, he has won. He's rewritten the rules of American politics.

He hasn't self-funded his campaign.

[-:Undertaker:-]

He hasn't self-funded his campaign.

He sort of is says Politifact. Certainly more than any other candidate in history.

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-me...campaign-sort/

Although a significant portion of his campaign funds, about 34 percent, come from individual contributions, Trump doesn’t appear to be actively soliciting these donations with high-profile fundraising events. The Sunlight Foundation, which advocates for transparency in money in politics, tracks political fundraisers with its Political Party Time tool. It has no record of any events to benefit Trump.

In contrast, Political Party Time has recorded more than 280 fundraisers for Clinton and more than 150 for Bush since the start of 2015.

He's certainly not as beholden to Super PACS and high profile billionaire fundraisers as Clinton and Cruz have been.

[AgnesIO]

He sort of is says Politifact. Certainly more than any other candidate in history.

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-me...campaign-sort/



He's certainly not as beholden to Super PACS and high profile billionaire fundraisers as Clinton and Cruz have been.

A) Almost all of the money he has contributed it is in the form of a loan. Ie. he can potentially get it back.
B) He's worth billions, Cruz and Clinton are worth millions; he has no need to us other money, and yet still does...

[wixard]

rather trump than cruz

[FlyingJesus]

Cruz is the zodiac killer

Still shocked that Jeb Bush got booted from the potentials so early tbh, I thought he was the main Republican figurehead early on but yeah once he was gone it was a pretty clear road for Trump. You see all the loud liberals on social media with their #feelthebern and all that but I think people severely underestimate the huge quiet majority of voters which is why they're now suffering a #bernout and we're realistically left with "vote me I'm a woman!" vs "vote me I like walls!"

[Lucy]

Why is Donald Trump's campaign starting to feel more and more like a Leicester City FC campaign..