Donald Trump earned the widely-expected victory over former UN envoy Nikki Haley and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis [Andrew Harnik/AP]

 

Former United States President Donald Trump has won the Iowa caucuses, cementing his Republican frontrunner status as he bids to retake the White House in 2024.

 

Trump earned the widely-expected victory over former US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, taking him a step closer to securing a third consecutive nomination for the Republican Party, projections by multiple US media outlets showed on Monday.

 

Full story: AL JAZEERA 2024-01-16

Quell surprise,I’m curious about the margin and who gets 2ond desantis spent a lot of money there

Iowa tends to choose the guy who will not be the eventual GOP nominee.  Just sayin.....555

And the candidate of the ignoramuses triumphs again!

 

"Trump is winning by a wide margin with the two-thirds of caucusgoers who think Biden did not legitimately win the 2020 election, according to caucus entrance polls. Haley wins among the third of voters who think Biden’s victory was legitimate."

https://archive.ph/oKQ5a

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/01/15/us/iowa-caucus-election-news

Trump Notches A Commanding Win In The Iowa Caucuses As Haley And DeSantis Fight For Second Place
By AP and published by Denver Post

 

Republican presidential candidate former US president Donald Trump arrives to speak at a rally at Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa, on Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024. Photo: AP/Andrew Harnik and published by Denver Post

 

Des Moines, Iowa – Donald Trump decisively won the Iowa caucuses on Monday (Jan. 15) with his closest rivals languishing far behind, a crucial victory that reinforces the former president’s grip on his party at the outset of the GOP’s 2024 nomination fight.

 

It was not immediately clear who would emerge as the second-place finisher, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis or former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley. Caucus voters endured life-threatening cold and dangerous driving conditions to participate in meetings that unfolded in hundreds of schools, churches and community centres across the state.

 

The results are just the first in what will be a months-long effort for Trump to secure the GOP nomination a third consecutive time. But the victory sends an unmistakable message to the Republican Party and crystallises the challenge facing his GOP opponents.

 

Full story: THAI NEWSROOM 2024-01-16

 

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I'm going to USA in a couple of months: anyone have suggestions as to where I might move all my money to that might weather the least damage if Trump becomes president.

They say "people get the governments they deserve"... but Trump? I think we've done a bit less genocide than the Nazis (at least in the last 50 years)... so how do we wind up with the most execrable wanna be human (maybe...)

Trump passes major US election test with easy win in Iowa

 

Donald Trump romped to a lightning-quick victory Monday in Iowa’s caucuses — the first vote in the US presidential race — cementing his status as the presumptive Republican standard-bearer to challenge President Joe Biden in November’s election.

The former president has led polling for more than a year, but the contest was seen as the clearest insight yet into whether he can convert his advantage into a stunning White House return.

Major US networks took just 30 minutes to project the winner, with Trump opening up an unprecedented 32-point lead over second-placed Ron DeSantis over the following hour or so.

The Florida governor and Trump’s other main rival — former UN ambassador Nikki Haley — appeared to be locked in a tussle for the runner-up spot at around 20 and 19 percent respectively.

 

Full story: Thai PBS 2024-01-16

 

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Interesting take from the BBC

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67989443

 

It wont make comfortable reading for some.

4 minutes ago, The Cyclist said:

Interesting take from the BBC

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67989443

 

It wont make comfortable reading for some.

What is there in this article that will tell us what we already didn't know. This?

"A large majority of participants think Mr Trump was the actual winner of the 2020 presidential election - a number that increases to 90% among Trump supporters."

That Vivek ramaswamy guy just pulled the plug meh…….

36 minutes ago, placeholder said:

What is there in this article that will tell us what we already didn't know. This?

"A large majority of participants think Mr Trump was the actual winner of the 2020 presidential election - a number that increases to 90% among Trump supporters."

 

If that is all you managed to read in the article, it probably says plenty about you.

27 minutes ago, The Cyclist said:

 

If that is all you managed to read in the article, it probably says plenty about you.

I did read it all but that's irrelevant. You claimed that "It won't make comfortable reading for some." What was there about the nature of Trump's support that wasn't already widely known? 

3 minutes ago, placeholder said:

I did read it all but that's irrelevant. 

 

OK, if you say so.

 

I would have thought that this part was very relevant.

 

Quote

Mr Trump's victory was a broad one as well. He won the young and old, men and women. He also won over the evangelical and hard-right conservative voters he had difficulty winning in 2016.

 

What would I know, I'm not American.

The same Iowa Bernie Sanders won in the year Joe Biden became President.

 

12 minutes ago, The Cyclist said:

 

OK, if you say so.

 

I would have thought that this part was very relevant.

 

 

What would I know, I'm not American.

I'm not one of those people who believe that nationality trumps knowledge. But for whatever reason, you clearly haven't been following the evolution of Trump's support.

3 hours ago, Tug said:

Quell surprise,I’m curious about the margin and who gets 2ond desantis spent a lot of money there

I'm quite surprised by the low IQ in Iowa.

1 hour ago, Emdog said:

I'm going to USA in a couple of months: anyone have suggestions as to where I might move all my money to that might weather the least damage if Trump becomes president.

They say "people get the governments they deserve"... but Trump? I think we've done a bit less genocide than the Nazis (at least in the last 50 years)... so how do we wind up with the most execrable wanna be human (maybe...)

Dear God, talk about delusional.

 

Move to where ? Any state that is not democrat blue - democrat states are going to be high tax - just look at the ridiculous laws coming in in California where you will be punished for selling your house !! LOL. You want to lose your money - go ahead move there, all the blue states are losing populace - surely that must give even the deluded a clue !

 

 

 

 

1 hour ago, The Cyclist said:

Interesting take from the BBC

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67989443

 

It wont make comfortable reading for some.

I’ve got a feeling the 50.9% vote for Trump against such an abysmal field of candidates won’t make comfortable reading for any rational thinking adults left amongst Republicans.

 

49.1% voted the ‘Not Trump’ ticket.

 

‘Trump cementing front runner status’ over a bunch of misfits.

 

 

8 minutes ago, soalbundy said:

I'm quite surprised by the low IQ in Iowa.

I would have to say that the Iowa populace have more active brain cells than BIden - Biden cannot find his way of a stage, he'll have to be led like a donkey to vote !

 

Cannot wait to see the excuse the democrats will make for him not debating Trump prior to the elections.

45 - the man who said that Presidents should have immunity; and that he would indict Joe Biden when he retakes the White House. 

Unless of course Joe Biden goes for the option of sending Seal Team 6 to assassinate 45 whose legal team has said that it is ok for a President to do so with immunity.

Trump and Biden. The two biggest turds left in the bowl.

1 minute ago, John Drake said:

Trump and Biden. The two biggest turds left in the bowl.

We’ll one is widely reported to have that whiff about him, the other not.

Just now, John Drake said:

Trump and Biden. The two biggest turds left in the bowl.

Let us be kind, they are both geriatrics bordering on dementia and the orange one is insane, apparently its the best America can offer.

14 minutes ago, placeholder said:

I'm not one of those people who believe that nationality trumps knowledge. But for whatever reason, you clearly haven't been following the evolution of Trump's support.

 

Not following you

 

Is the evolution of Trumps support different from the evolution of Bidens support ?

 

How did this happen ?
 

Quote

• Donald Trump scored a landslide victory to kick off the Republican primary
• He lost the Iowa caucus in 2016 - but significantly reversed that result last night by winning over key voting blocs in the state, including white evangelicals, younger voters and women

 

What evolutionary change happened between last night and 2016 ?

2 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

We’ll one is widely reported to have that whiff about him, the other not.

 

I suspect that both carry the odor of the nursing home about their person. That things have descended to this state of affairs in American politics is depressing. 

10 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

I’ve got a feeling the 50.9% vote for Trump against such an abysmal field of candidates won’t make comfortable reading for any rational thinking adults left amongst Republicans.

 

49.1% voted the ‘Not Trump’ ticket.

 

‘Trump cementing front runner status’ over a bunch of misfits.

 

 

Truly an abysmal field? Successful governor, UN ambassador, successful businessman....

 

Tell me how that compares to the field of candidates for the Democrats.

2 minutes ago, The Cyclist said:

 

Not following you

 

Is the evolution of Trumps support different from the evolution of Bidens support ?

 

How did this happen ?
 

 

What evolutionary change happened between last night and 2016 ?

Haven't you heard that Trump won the 2016 election?

1 minute ago, soalbundy said:

Let us be kind, they are both geriatrics bordering on dementia and the orange one is insane, apparently its the best America can offer.

 

These people are the end of it all. This is what national collapse looks like.

11 minutes ago, John Drake said:

Trump and Biden. The two biggest turds left in the bowl.

I would argue that Trump is a much bigger turd. 

Just now, Hanaguma said:

Truly an abysmal field? Successful governor, UN ambassador, successful businessman....

 

Tell me how that compares to the field of candidates for the Democrats.

Chris Christie was a successful governor? He ended up being almost universally loathed by New Jerseyans. As for Trump being a successful businessman, he destroyed his father's highly successful business and went on to bankrupt several other business. The thing that ultimately saved him was The Apprentice where he traded on the widely held but false belief that he was a great negotiator. As his multiple bankruptcies show, he massively overpaid for those businesses that went bankrupt.

As for Biden, he was successful as a Senator, wasn't he. With lots of important legislative accomplishments.