Trump says he has 'obligation' to nominate Supreme Court judge 'without delay'

Donald Trump has suggested he will announce a nomination for the Supreme Court in the wake of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death “without delay” despite the judge’s dying wish that her replacement would not be selected “until a new president is installed”.

Tagging the official account of the Republican Party in a Saturday morning post, the president wrote on Twitter: “We were put in this position of power and importance to make decisions for the people who so proudly elected us, the most important of which has long been considered to be the selection of United States Supreme Court Justices."

He added: "We have this obligation, without delay!”