Washington bore witness to the triumph of erstwhile US President Donald Trump in the Republican presidential caucus of Missouri, marking another stride in his trajectory toward GOP nomination.

Trump’s conquest over the erstwhile US ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, in the midwestern enclave, augured further fortuity for the ex-President, who had previously clinched victories in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, and South Carolina.

In Michigan, a pivotal swing state, Trump secured the laurels in the Republican primary on Tuesday, amassing an excess of 68 per cent of the ballot, as reported by the Xinhua news agency. Subsequently, during a Republican convocation on Saturday, he accrued additional delegates, thereby consolidating his triumph in the northern precinct.

Having already amassed a surplus of 100 delegates across antecedent contests, Trump faces the arduous task of garnering no less than 1,215 delegates to unequivocally grasp the Republican presidential nomination. The imminent arrival of Super Tuesday, the pivotal juncture in the presidential primary continuum, beckons. On this day, it is customary for almost one-third of all delegates to the Republican or Democratic conventions to be apportioned.

The calendar designates this year’s Super Tuesday for March 5, when approximately 15 states and a solitary territory shall cast their votes. Earlier in the week, the US Supreme Court elected to adjudicate Trump’s claim of immunity from prosecution, posited within his endeavors to contest the aftermath of the 2020 election while concurrently campaigning for a return to the presidential helm.

The US presidential primaries, stretching through the month of June, precede the Republican National Convention in July, wherein the party’s presidential nominee is formally anointed by delegates, followed by the Democratic National Convention in August. November 5 of the year 2024 marks the culmination of this electoral journey.