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.
