Clear sailing for Trump as Cruz crashes out

Donald Trump looked all-but-certain of winning the Republican Party nomination for the 2016 presidential election after he sent his only serious challenger Ted Cruz crashing out of the race.

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Trump the 'presumptive' White House nominee as Cruz crashes out

Washington,  AFP – Donald Trump looked all-but-certain of winning the Republican Party nomination for the 2016 presidential election after the billionaire political novice sent his only serious challenger Ted Cruz crashing out of the race.

US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks in New York on May 3, 2016, following the primary in Indiana. Donald Trump crushed his Republican rivals in Indiana's primary Tuesday, bringing him to the brink of outright victory in the presidential nomination race and dashing the hopes of a movement bent on stopping him. / AFP PHOTO / Jewel SAMAD

Addressing jubilant supporters at Trump Tower in New York after romping to his seventh straight state-wide victory in the Indiana primary, the real estate mogul promised them: "We're going to win in November, and we're going to win big, and it's going to be America first."

Tuesday's contest in the midwestern state was seen as a final firewall by the "stop Trump" movement seeking to prevent him from locking in the party nomination.

But as the race was called overwhelmingly in Trump's favour, Cruz conceded to supporters in Indianapolis that he no longer had a viable path forwards.

"We left it all on the field in Indiana," Cruz said. "We gave it everything we've got, but the voters chose another path."

Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) hugs his father, Rafael Cruz and wife Heidi Cruz after announcing the suspension of his campaign during an election night watch party at the Crowne Plaza Downtown Union Station on May 3, 2016 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP

"And so with a heavy heart, but with boundless optimism for the long-term future of our nation, we are suspending our campaign."

It was a stunning denouement for the arch-conservative Texas senator who had insisted he would press on to the final day of the Republican race.

His departure leaves the low-polling Ohio Governor John Kasich as Trump's only challenger for the nomination – making it a virtual certainty that he will go head to head in a general election matchup with the likely Democratic flagbearer Hillary Clinton.

The top echelon of the Republican establishment said as much minutes after Cruz capitulated, with Republican Party chief Reince Priebus declaring Trump the "presumptive" nominee.

"Donald Trump will be presumptive @GOP nominee, we all need to unite and focus on defeating @HillaryClinton," Priebus said, in an extraordinary move to embrace a candidate the party establishment fought tooth and nail to stop.

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