Donald Trump officially becomes Republican party's US President nominee
Donald Trump has secured the nomination of the Republican party to become the next US president after months of controversial campaigning that has divided the American right of the political spectrum.
The billionaire businessman had been expected to cruise past the 1,237 delegates needed on Tuesday to seal the deal on the first ballot. Trump was put over the top by his home state of New York.
"It’s something I'll never ever forget," Trump said on a video feed from New York. "Together we’ve achieved historic results with the largest vote total in the history of the Republican party. This is a movement, but we’ve to go all the way."
Anti-Trump forces on the floor held out for a final miracle on Tuesday after seeking to convince delegates that their votes were not bound and that they could vote their conscience, but it never came to fruition.
Many Americans oppose Trump's ascension in US politics, lambasting his controversial campaign statements, including calling Mexican immigrants rapists and drug dealers whom he would deport if elected president. He has also called for a ban on Muslims from entering the United States.
It has been a stunning rise for a man most thought would never make it this far.
"After all the predications that he could never do it - the public wouldn't want someone with no legislative experience, no government experience - they've opted for a man who has made his name first of all in business and latterly as a reality TV show host," reported Al Jazeera's Alan Fisher from the convention in Cleveland.
"He’ll now be on top of the Republican ticket come November."
The real estate mogul won a thumping victory in a series of state-wide party elections, garnering more than 13m votes - the most of any Republican nominee ever.
The conventions are designed to champion the party candidate, rally the grassroots, and propel the party towards November's presidential election. Trump will go against Democratic party nominee Hillary Clinton.
Trump's campaign hoped the formal nomination would both end the discord surging through the Republican party and overshadow the convention's chaotic kickoff, including a plagiarism charge involving his wife, Melania Trump, during her speech on opening night.
"United we stand, divided we fall," said Johnny McMahan, a Trump delegate from Arkansas.
Two passages from Melania Trump's address - each 30 words or longer - matched a 2008 Democratic convention address by Michelle Obama - wife of US President Barack Obama - nearly word-for-word.
Trump's campaign managed only to keep the controversy alive on Day 2 of the convention by insisting there was no evidence of plagiarism, while offering no explanation for how the strikingly similar passages wound up in his wife's speech.
Clinton pounced on the tumult. "When you pull back the curtain, it was just Donald Trump with nothing to offer to the American people," she said during a speech in Las Vegas.
This week's four-day convention is Trump's highest-profile opportunity to convince voters that he's better suited for the presidency than Clinton, who will be officially nominated at next week's Democratic gathering.
Courtesy: Aljazeera.com
Governments or rulers are obsolete. Why? Because they don't do their job. What's their job? To protect the people. Uh, yeah, right, they don't do their job. Let's abolish governments.
East or west, a particular group of people have problem with democracy everywhere. They like to be ruled with iron fist.
A wise man said: "Democracy is the worst form of government, except all others."
Brit: I would love to have put across the pros and cons of both the systems, but I have refrained from doing so as I feel the subject is just too sensitive and that there would be no end to arguments.
You may be right in your point of view as you come from a country where democracy flourishes and I guess you have little or no experience of what goes on in the east behind the curtains in the name of "democracy." The little knowledge you may have may have of democracy in the east may be from newspapers, magazines and the internet.
acchabaccha: I would disagree. A democracy is always far preferable to a dictatorship
Both dictatorship and democracy have their own merits and demerits. Neither of them is perfect.
Mufti - Such is the way of democracy
Those who support likes of dictator Erdogan have no right to complain about Trump.
Sad day for humanity
"Trump is shamelessly blunt, no finesse." - True. However, he also does not have any real policies ..
"We will build a wall and make them pay for it"
"we will make America great again"
Just rhetoric to please the masses
Should Trump get elected president, it would be a sad day in US history and for the world. Trump is man who is a religious bigot. His using of anti-Islam tirade as a base for vote-gathering, will only divide the world further and provide additional fodder to terrorist propaganda should get elected. Hillary is a lady with broad experience in handling world issues and has been in the game a long time now. I just hope the American people act wisely, and simply dump Trump.
Trump is shamelessly blunt, no finesse.
On the other hand, Hillary is a born liar. The naive are swayed by her.
Liberals and moderates have become 'endangered species'. Extremists are taking over governments across the world. Hope Americans wont let it happen.
A sad day for America and a sad day for politics. This shows that people are all to readily swayed by talk without rea substance
Just keep looking ahead .............................