Donald Trump turns into sinister playground bully in New Hampshire victory lap

Ex-president follows up his Iowa win with victory over Nikki Haley – and makes threats against his last Republican primary rival

Republican presidential candidate and former president Donald Trump. Picture: AP Photo/Matt Rourke

The cruelty is the point.

As Joe Biden acknowledged on Tuesday night, Donald Trump now has the Republican presidential nomination sewn up. But like a Roman emperor or mob boss, Trump used his victory speech in New Hampshire to humiliate his former opponents — and make sinister threats against his last primary rival.