Trump won Republican nomination

20.07.2016
Opponents suppressed

The main outcome of the vote was the indisputable leadership of Trump. Earlier, opponents of the candidate tried to organize resistance to his nomination. Especially zealous neo-conservatives were determined on this point, but all their attempts failed. This clearly indicates the impact of the crisis of the neo-conservative movement.

Who is paired with Trump?

Governor Pence is known as a strict conservative family man, a religious Protestant opponent of abortion, homosexuality, and gender ideology in general. It will provide Trump support from those who previously voted for Ted Cruz - Protestant fundamentalists. In terms of foreign policy Pence is a strong hawk, who voted for the invasion in Iraq.

The new platform

In the new platform of the Republican Party, Trump blocked a point for selling lethal weapons to Ukraine, which was lobbied by the neocons. However, the hawks lobbied for a point about maintaining sanctions against Russia until the "restoration of territorial integrity of Ukraine."