Following Donald Trump’s decisive victory in Indiana and the capitulation of his last two remaining rivals, America finally came to terms this week with the fact that the real estate mogul will almost certainly be the Republican nominee for president.
During a lightning-fast visit to Washington on May 12, Trump sought to mend fences with the establishment elites — aka leaders of Congress — whom he has spent months disparaging on the stump. While staying true to his populist message, Trump is already pivoting to the general election and courting influential Republicans whose endorsements he’ll need in order to win in November.
Trump scored another major victory May 13 by winning over Jewish-American billionaire casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, who sank at least $93 million into the 2012 presidential campaign. Adelson owns Israel’s largest circulation newspaper, the free daily tabloid Israel Hayom, so expect plenty of coverage about how Trump is the best candidate for Israel.
Meanwhile, on the Democratic side, pressure is mounting on Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders to abandon his left-wing challenge to Hillary Clinton now that she’s bagged more than 90% of the delegates she needs to win the Democratic nomination. Clinton leads Trump 47.3% to 41.6% in the latest RealClearPolitics (RCP) polling average, but Democrats are worried that her lead will erode the longer their primary fight drags out.
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