There was a school of thought that Donald Trump would not get very far when, 13 months ago, he put his hand up to be a candidate in the US presidential election.
But the billionaire real estate mogul will this week be formally endorsed as the presidential nominee for the Republican Party.
The 4-day long Republican Convention is underway in Cleveland, Ohio.
There's tight security following the recent spate of shooting deaths of police officers in Dallas and Baton Rouge.
In that sensitive climate, the police wanted to suspend the public's right to openly carry firearms at the Convention. But they've been rebuffed. The Governor of Ohio says no.
Journalist Hamish Macdonald spoke to Breakfast live from Clevelland. Hamish's documentary Trump's People will air on Earshot at 11 am tomorrow.