Trump was nominated by a candidate for US president from the Republican Party

Billionaire Donald Trump is officially nominated as a candidate for US president from the Republican Party, CNN reports . At the National Congress of Republicans, Trump gained the necessary 1237 votes before the end of the count.

American television channels conducted a direct broadcast of voting according to Trump's approval as a candidate for the post of US President from the party. It took place in the form of a roll call of delegations from all 50 states and a number of US territories.

“This is a great honor - to be a republican candidate for the presidency of the United States. I will work hard and will not let you down! America is first of all!” Trump wrote on Twitter.

At the Republican Party Congress, Trump's opponents advocated a change in the program with which the party would enter the presidential election on November 8, 2016. In this case, the delegates of the congress selected on the primaries would not be obliged to vote for a billionaire. Trump's opponents hoped that this would allow the congress to be nominated by a candidate from the party Ted Cruise, who has 559 voices of his supporters. However, the congress by a majority vote approved the program.

The governor of Indiana Mike Pence officially became a candidate for vice-presidents of the USA from the Republican Party. It represents the ultra -conservative republican movement of tea drinking.

On May 26, billionaire Trump ahead of schedule secured a nomination by a US presidential candidate from the Republican Party. He received the votes of 1238 delegates of the election congress, which is more than the necessary voice.

A group of electors, which represents the party elite and has the right to vote regardless of the results of the primaries and coks, told the agency that she would cast a vote for Trump at the congress in July.

Trump for a long time confidently leaded to the primaries of the Republican Party. As a result, all his rivals stopped participating in the election struggle.

Trump's rival from the Democratic Party will be the former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. On June 8, Clinton won the primaries of the Democratic Party in California , as well as in a number of other states. After that, US President Barack Obama officially supported her as a candidate from the Democrats in the 2016 presidential election.

“I’m with her,” said Obama. “I know how difficult this work is, so I am aware that Hillary is a good candidate for her. I do not think that there is someone more qualified to occupy this office.”