He added: “I’m not going to get involved at all in the American election – it’s a matter for the American people to choose their next president”.
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Triumphantly armed with a majority of his party’s delegates, Republican Donald Trump unleashed a broadside attack Thursday on Hillary Clinton’s prescriptions for energy, guns, the economy. and worldwide affairs.
Marco Rubio of Florida and Gov. John Kasich of OH, still control the delegates that they won during the nominating fight, potentially giving them influence over the direction of the party’s platform at the Republican convention July 18-21 in Cleveland.
ABC News reported that Trump has now secured 1,239 delegates, while CNN lifted its Trump delegate estimate to 1,237 Thursday, citing unbound delegates who said they would back the billionaire.
He now faces the daunting task of unifying skeptical Republicans, with turmoil continuing to dog his campaign as conservatives grapple with their party’s direction.
The violence has reignited concerns about whether his candidacy could bring unneeded controversy to the Republican Party as it battles with Democrats for control over the Senate and the White House this fall.
According to a May poll by Fox News Latino, 23 percent of Hispanics say they would vote for Trump.
The world leaders “are not sure how seriously to take some of his pronouncements but they’re rattled by him – and for good reason, because a lot of the proposals that he’s made display either ignorance of world affairs or a cavalier attitude”, Obama said.
For Martinez, Trump’s rise has quickly shifted her assured standing in the party. If the answer is no, then why not give someone who is a pure businessperson an opportunity to change the way we go forward with the country? “Not a bad thing”, he told a reporter.
Despite having a lock on this for months, Donald Trump has clinched the US Presidential Republican nomination.
Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to supporters in Charleston, West Virginia, U.S. May 5, 2016. But on Thursday Ryan again stressed he wanted to see more unity behind the candidate. “They ask, ‘Do you hate your race?’ I feel discriminated against, honestly”.
The former reality TV star has dominated headlines since launching his presidential campaign a year ago with a mix of incendiary comments and policy stances seen as insulting Mexicans, Muslims and women among others.
Mr Trump has turned American politics on its head, calling for building a wall on the southern USA border, deporting millions of undocumented immigrants and banning Muslims from entering the United States.
Trump also entered a new phase on the fund-raising front.
In a statement, Mr Trump’s campaign said Mr Wiley had been hired only on a short-term basis until the candidate’s organisation “was running full steam”.
The State Department’s inspector general released a report a day earlier concluding that Clinton did not seek legal approval for her private email server, guaranteeing the issue will continue nagging her campaign for a second summer.
“Here I am watching Hillary fight and she can’t close the deal”.
On Wednesday, the NY billionaire suggested going against Mr Sanders in a TV debate in California before the state’s primary on 7 June.
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JOHN YANG: Sanders, meanwhile, used late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel to challenge Trump to a debate. “Game on”, Sanders said in a tweet.
