After posting a decisive victory Tuesday night in New York’s Republican presidential primary, Donald Trump said “it’s impossible” for any opponents left standing to catch him.
Flanked by the “great businessmen of the world,” Trump delivered an uncharacteristically restrained victory speech at Trump Tower in Manhattan.
The billionaire trumpeted his red meat proposals to gathered supporters, stumping about his plans to bring jobs back home and build up the U.S. military.
“We are going to be, legitimately, so great again,” a jubilant Trump said.
He went on to say, “We don’t have much of a race anymore” with “Sen. Cruz just about mathematically eliminated” from the race.
The rhetoric was a marked departure from recent weeks, where Trump has repeatedly attacked Cruz with the nickname “Lyin’ Ted,” and accused his rival of collecting delegates with dirty dealings. In early results, Cruz finished a distant third place in New York.
“It’s really nice to win the delegates with the votes,” Trump said, in a not-so-veiled swing at Cruz.
But despite his talk about having the GOP nomination all but wrapped up, Trump did not take aim at Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton, or talk about the fall general election.
Trump, who generally treats his victory speeches as press conferences, took no questions from the media Tuesday night, but said after a couple hours of celebrating the win, he would be back on the trail.
Oh, I believe President Ryan has a plan.
Crossfit Muscleman Ryan’s lips have moved to enunciate words that mean he is not going to run. Mitch McConnell is better looking than Ryan, more charismatic than Reagan, smarter than George Bush, less grumpy than John McCain, has better erections than Bob Dole and destroyed more jobs than Mitt Romney. Mitch is an excellent choice in a contested convention. Trump and Cruz love him too.
"Decisive" really needs to be qualified as being very relative.
I consider it to be far more “decisive” that thus far in at 10:30 PM, with a little over 2/3 of the votes counted Secretary Clinton has amassed a total of over 755,000 votes, compared to Mr. Tump’s less than 320,000 votes.
Especially when you consider the respective nature of the opposition each had, I think Secretary Clinton has effectively “trumped” Mr. Trump.
Trump breaks into his version of the Church Lady (Dana Carvey) superior dance.
Dear Donald: Perhaps no one can catch you on this race. But if you also fail to cross the finish line, then we move on to the next round, which takes place in one room, in Cleveland.