The real estate mogul clinches the nomination, will run against Hillary Clinton in November polls
If elected, Trump would be the first businessman without any political experience to become US president.
Cleveland: Donald Trump yesterday clinched the Republican party’s presidential nomination to run against Hillary Clinton in the November polls, a stunning rise for an outsider after 13 months of controversial campaigning that saw him crushing 16 well-established party rivals.
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If elected, Trump would be the first businessman without any political experience to become US president. Pic/AFP
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Trump, whose election theme is "Make America Great Again", was declared the party’s nominee at the Republican National Convention after his son Donald J Trump Junior cast the vote of elected delegates from his home state of New York, that gave him the requisite 1,237 votes required to cross the half way mark.
Trump had joined politics only a year ago and stormed the Republican party by defeating primary opponents, including experienced, well-funded candidates such as John Kasich and Jeb Bush.
"Donald Trump having received the majority of the votes cast has been selected as the Republican Party nominee of the president of the US," said Paul Ryan, House of Representatives Speaker.
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Trump welcomed Republican nomination as "great honour" and vowed to work hard. "Together, we have achieved historic results, with the largest vote total in the history of the Republican Party," he told delegates at the convention through a live video from Trump Tower. "This is a movement, but we have to go all the way."
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