Donald Trump on Saturday inflicted a scathing defeat on his last Republican rival, Nikki Haley, during the South Carolina primary. Nikki Haley's setback is all the more cruel for the fifty-year-old, embodying a more moderate wing of the Republican Party.

Donald Trump's victory was projected by the American media just a few seconds after the polling stations closed. Despite his legal troubles, some of which put him at risk of prison, the tempestuous septuagenarian is the ultra-favorite candidate of the right.