It may not be officially official until the Republican convention in July, but Donald Trump last week passed the 1,237-pledged delegate mark, essentially making him the Republican nominee for president. To get a sense of just how extraordinary this is, think back to last summer and fall when the entire world of political punditry was so sure he had no chance, they treated this belief as if it was an unassailable fact. But Trump just rolled on as the candidates dubbed by the media as the “serious” contenders fell away. Scott Walker never even made it to the Iowa caucuses. Jeb Bush was an early drop-out. Marco Rubio didn’t come close in his native Florida. John Kasich won nowhere aside from his own home state of Ohio. And Ted Cruz put up a really good fight – pretty much the only good fight – but when his firewall collapsed in Indiana he knew it was over.

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