Washington, May 9 (RHC)-- Former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney has said he will support Donald Trump as the bombastic candidate’s looming nomination has thrown the Republican Party into chaos.  Cheney told CNN that he has always backed Republican presidential nominees and will do the same in this election cycle.

The announcement makes Cheney one of the few senior Republican elders to declare their support for Trump, who became the party’s presumptive nominee last week after his two remaining rivals dropped out of the race.

It is also a break from the position of former President George W. Bush, whom Cheney served. Representatives for Bush and his father, George H.W. Bush, have said neither former president will back Trump’s presidential bid.