Former President Donald Trump wins the Republican caucuses in Iowa and receives the most votes from the Republican participants. A decisive win at the start of the Republican primary. All of the state’s votes have not been counted, and opponents Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley are still battling for second place.
In an interview with Fox News, Trump describes that he is “honored” by the early result:
– I am feeling very well. I am very honored by such a quick outcome.
Although Iowa is small in terms of the number of delegates, the winner usually gets a tailwind in public opinion and easier to draw in donations for the continued campaign. But this year is very different. Trump leads by a large margin and incumbent President Joe Biden appears to have no challengers.
The Trump camp expects to have won the nomination process as early as March, despite the fact that not all states have yet had primaries by then.
The Supreme Court can decide
The legal proceedings against Trump do not seem to have any effect on his popularity, while the Supreme Court is currently preparing to decide whether he will even be allowed to run for president due to his involvement in the storming of the 2021 Congress.
– They have promised to announce whether Trump should be removed from the ballot or not before the so-called “Super Tuesday” in March, when several states vote on the same day. We do not know what the verdict will be, but most observers seem to expect that Trump will remain. says SVT’s US correspondent Fouad Youcefi.