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WASHINGTON, (APP/AFP): Billionaire Donald Trump pledged
Wednesday to unify the fractured Republican Party following a bruising primary season, as he declared the battle for the White House starts now against likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
Trump’s path to the GOP presidential nomination is clear after his
commanding victory in Indiana’s primary Tuesday pushed remaining challengers
Ted Cruz and then Ohio Governor John Kasich out of the race.
Their capitulations brought the curtain down on one of the most
contentious and chaotic nomination battles in generations, in which Trump pummelled no fewer than 16 rivals into submission.
“Now we’ll unify the party,” Trump, 69, told Fox News. “We’re going to get people together.”
But with unfavorability ratings among the highest of any modern
presidential candidate, and concern within his own party about his temperament, the real estate mogul swiftly sought to assuage concerns about how he would govern.
“I know people aren’t sure right now what a President Trump will be
like,” he told The New York Times.
“But things will be fine. I’m not running for president to make
things unstable for the country.”