Although not all states have concluded their primaries, the
ones left are not enough to steer the trajectory of the race from the leading
candidates — Trump and Biden.
“They call it Super Tuesday for a reason,” Trump told his
supporters.
The former president focused on Biden’s immigration
policies, a topic that has been of concern to American voters, and called him
the “worst president” in history.
“Our cities are being
overrun with migrant crime,” he added.
Biden did not give a speech but issued a statement labelling
his rival “a threat to democracy”.
“Tonight’s results leave the American people with a clear
choice: Are we going to keep moving forward or will we allow Donald Trump to
drag us backwards into the chaos, division, and darkness that defined his term
in office?” the US president said.
Trump, 77, is currently the subject of multiple
investigations into his conduct before, during, and after his first term as
president.
The investigations include allegations of fraud in his
family business, his role in the 2021 attack on the US Capitol, his attempt to
overturn the 2020 election, sexual assault, and the stashing of classified
documents at his Mar-a-Lago residence.
Last month, a judge ordered the former president to pay
nearly $354.9 million, in a ruling in the New York civil fraud case, and barred
him from serving as an officer or director of any New York corporation or other
legal entity in the state for three years.
Trump has called all cases against him a witch-hunt.
Biden, 81, has been accused of “weaponising” the justice
department against political opponents to protect Hunter, his son.
Biden’s critics say Hunter’s dealings and repeated run-ins
with the law indicate a pattern of corruption.
In December 2023, the Republican-led House of
Representatives authorised an impeachment inquiry into the president.
The committees alleged bribery and corruption during Biden’s
tenure as vice-president under Barack Obama, a former US president.
Trump, a twice-impeached former president, had urged his
allies to move quickly to impeach his opponent.
