Trump wins the Republican Party nomination for the US presidential election

Former US President Donald Trump reached the required number of delegates to obtain the Republican Party's nomination to run in the presidential elections, according to a tally conducted by the American networks CNN and NBC after his victory in the primary elections in Washington state.

Trump has surpassed the required 1,215 delegates mark and will likely compete against Democratic incumbent Joe Biden in the presidential elections scheduled for November 5.

The last serious competitor to Trump, 77, in the Republican primary race, former ambassador to the United Nations and South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, withdrew from the Republican primary campaign last week. Trump will not be formally nominated until the Republican Party convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in July.