JUST IN: President Trump Officially Secures Republican Nomination For President

Former President Donald Trump clinched the Republican Party’s nomination Tuesday night after resounding victories in four state primaries, securing enough pledged delegates to assure a rematch with Joe Biden in November.

Elections in Georgia, Hawaii, Mississippi and Washington were all won by Trump, who no longer faces an active Republican opponent but still saw former foes like Nikki Haley present on the ballots alongside him. After victories in all Republican primaries except Vermont and Washington, D.C., the former president has surpassed 1,215 delegates — the number virtually guaranteeing he will prevail at the RNC in July.

In a late-night statement, President Trump touted his wins and positioned himself to run against a flailing economy, unsecured southern border, and the rudderless foreign policies of President Joe Biden.

“It is my great honor to be representing the Republican Party as its Presidential Nominee. Our Party is UNITED and STRONG, and fully understands that we are running against the Worst, Most Incompetent, Corrupt, and Destructive President in the History of the United States. Millions of people are invading our Country, many from prisons and mental institutions of other Countries,” wrote Trump on Truth Social around midnight.

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“High Interest Rates and Inflation are choking our great middle class, and ALL, our Economy is bad, and our Stock Market is rising only because Polls are strongly indicating that we will WIN the Presidential Election of 2024. We are now, under Crooked Joe Biden, a Third World Nation, which uses the Injustice System to go after his political opponent, ME! But fear not, we will not fail, we will take back our once great Country, put AMERICA FIRST, and MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN – GREATER THAN EVER BEFORE. November 5th will go down as the most important day in the history of our Country! GOD BLESS AMERICA”

Throughout the Republican primary, Trump cruised on a glide path and never faced a serious contender for the nomination. He skipped high-profile debates against lesser-known rivals, holding his own competing events and interviews while benefiting from an avalanche of media coverage around his ongoing criminal trials. The decision to carry on with the pomp and circumstance of debates contributed to Trump’s disappointment with former RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel, who resigned in February and last week was replaced by Michael Whatley, a vocal ally to the former president.

Historians of the 2024 election cycle will remember names like Haley, former Vice President Mike Pence, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, all of whom made splashes while raising money and building campaign infrastructure around the narrative that Trump could be beaten. Ultimately, each ran headfirst into a MAGA wave that denied them primary victories by startling margins from the very beginning.