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Georg Lofflmann Appears on BBC Radio Discussing Donald Trump & the US Primaries
Dr Georg Lofflmann, Teaching Fellow for US Foreign Policy and American Politics did 11 BBC radio interviews on 4 May this month reaching a potential 500,000 people in many parts of the UK.
Dr Lofflmann’s schedule included Ulster, Humberside Live, Cornwall Live, Derby Live, Solent Live, 3cr Live, Stoke Live, Scotland Live, Cumbria Live, Surrey Live and Kent Live.
After a decisive victory in Indiana, Donald Trump is now in all likelihood the presidential candidate of the Republican Party. The alliance of John Kasich and Ted Cruz has failed spectacularly. Indiana was the last chance for Cruz and the #nevertrump movement to deny Trump the votes for an outright majority of delegates.
The end of Cruz's campaign means that the GOP leadership will now have to find a way to support Trump despite their misgivings about him.
Trump's success is the result of a surge in populism among Republican voters. A rift has opened between the party base and the party establishment, which Republican voters see as part of a dysfunctional political system that has failed them.
Trump's foreign and economic policies directly challenge Republican orthodoxy, for example, on free trade and military interventions. The question now is, if Trump will be able to unite the GOP against Clinton.