Trump wins the South Carolina primary | world

This victory strengthens the former US president's advantage in the race to be the Republican Party's nominee for the presidency of the United States. Elections will be held in the country in November.

“I am a woman of my word,” she said. “I will not give up this fight when the majority of Americans disapprove of Donald Trump and Joe Biden.”

On the Democratic side, President Joe Biden also has to run in the primary, but his nomination is taken for granted.

Trump has won all the primaries so far (Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, and the British Virgin Islands) and received 63 delegates, compared to 17 for Nikki Haley. These numbers don't take into account those in South Carolina, where 50 are at stake. Distribution had not been determined as of the last update of this report.

“It was earlier than we expected, and it was bigger than we expected,” Trump said after the results were announced. “I've never seen the Republican Party as united as it is now.”

South Carolina was Nikki Haley's best chance since the start of the primaries, as she carried the state twice. However, polls already indicated that she would be defeated by Trump.

The next primary election will be held on Tuesday (27) in Michigan. After that, the so-called Super Tuesday is scheduled to be held on March 5, when 15 states will vote.

Despite defeats in all the caucuses so far, the Republican promises to stay in the race. He said: “When the future of the country is at stake, you do not give up. You fight even harder.”

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