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Delegates in hand, Trump says he has nomination
Emboldened GOP candidate hones in on Hillary
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In this May 24, 2016 photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event in Albuquerque, N.M. - photo by Associated Press
BISMARCK, N.D. — Triumphantly armed with a majority of his party's delegates, Republican Donald Trump unleashed a broadside attack Thursday on Hillary Clinton's prescriptions for energy, guns, the economy and international affairs, shifting abruptly toward the general election with his likely Democratic opponent locked in a divisive primary contest. The New York billionaire shrugged off signs of discord in his party hours after sewing up the number of delegates needed to clinch the GOP nomination, a feat that completed an unlikely rise that has upended the political landscape and set the stage for a bitter fall campaign. "Here I am watching Hillary fight, and she can't close the deal," Trump crowed during an appearance in North Dakota.
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