In US, Between Now And November

Dismissed, as late as last summer, by many in the Washington elite community and some of the leading news outlets as someone heading for a stinging defeat even if he managed to continue in the presidential race later this year, former President Donald Trump has emerged as a very credible contestant for what is touted as the world’s most powerful position. Even as public opinion polls frequently showed Trump’s hold on a large majority of his Republican Party members, the anti-Trump sections elected to minimise his prospects of not only obtaining the party ticket but actually bouncing back to the coveted chair at the White House.