Trump's victory speech offers grim visions of an American apocalypse

Rather than bask in his Republican primary victories, the ex-president asserted that the state of the union is bleak, writes David Smith

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a Super Tuesday election night party at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida. Picture: AP

If this is what he sounds like when he wins, imagine how he would react to defeat.

Donald Trump swept to victory after victory on Super Tuesday, all but clinching the Republican presidential nomination, but you wouldn’t have known it from his joyless victory speech.