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Super Trump and his mighty MAGA machine

After his Super Tuesday wins, Donald Trump moves swiftly to dominate the national Republican Party

A supporter of former US President and 2024 presidential hopeful Donald Trump shows off a black and red MAGA neck tattoo as he attends a Super Tuesday election night watch party at Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida.
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Nikki Haley became the first woman to win a Republican presidential primary on March 3rd, when she earned 63% of the roughly 2,000 votes cast in the District of Columbia. Donald Trump’s campaign quickly sent out a press release knocking Ms Haley for being “crowned Queen of the Swamp by the lobbyists and DC insiders”. Mr Trump is busy creating a new Republican establishment anyway.

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