FAR-RIGHT former president Donald Trump has been rocketing through the Republican presidential primaries, leaving little doubt as to who will make it as the party’s nominee in this year’s presidential elections.
 
Following the Iowa caucus, which Trump won with 51 per cent per cent of votes, two of the pool of most relevant and influential Trump challengers dropped out of the race.
 
Vivek Ramaswamy, a millionaire who ran a media-savvy socially conservative campaign, dropped out of the race following embarrassing results in Iowa. Household name and Florida governor Ron DeSantis dropped out shortly afterwards, eliminating Trump’s largest threat and effectively sealing Trump’s victory in the primary.
 
Nikki Haley, who was the US ambassador to the UN under Trump’s presidency and now represents the Republican Establishment against Trump’s more unconventional politics, still hangs on by a thread following a disappointing performance in the New Hampshire primary on January 24.

While Haley has vowed to stay in the race, it is difficult to see a path forward for the candidate, as New Hampshire was predicted to be one of Haley’s strongest states.
 
Now that Trump is the most likely nominee for the Republican Party, working people in the US are threatened with a do-over of one of the most disastrous administrations for their class.

With his 2017 “tax reform” law, Trump effectively oversaw the transfer of $2 trillion from working people to the rich. Under Trump’s leadership, the US adopted one of the deadliest policies regarding the Covid crisis.