Will easily defeat Hillary in November: Trump

Nearly 250 delegates short of bagging the Republican presidential nomination, party front- runner Donald Trump has exuded confidence that he would be able to defeat his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton very easily in the November general elections.

“Every week boom, boom, boom, I knocked them off,” Trump told his supporters in California referring to the defeat of other Republican candidates by him. From 17, only three are left in the fray.

“She (Hillary) will go down easier than any of the people we just beat. You are going to have an unbelievably good result in November,” 69-year-old Trump said.

Trump yesterday claimed that he has crossed the 1,000 delegate mark.

He needs 1237 delegates to earn the party’s presidential nomination. His other two presidential rivals Senator Ted Cruz from Texas and Governor John Kasich from Ohio are lagging far behind Trump in delegate count.

In order to prevent him from becoming a party nominee, Cruz and Kasich have reached a strategic alliance to campaign in different States during the rest of the primaries. Meanwhile, the controversial real-estate tycoon had to face public protest in California for the second consecutive day.

“That was not the easiest entrance I’ve ever made,” he said when he took the stage.

According to reports, Trump and his staff had parked their vehicles, crossed a median and entered the building through a side door to avoid protesters. “My wife called and said there were helicopters following you... and then we went under a fence and through a fence. Oh boy, it felt like I was crossing the border, actually,” he said.