Trump takes win at Iowa caucuses
Donald Trump has been named the overwhelming winner of the Iowa caucuses, with Republican challengers Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley following manner behind in second and third and Vivek Ramaswamysuspending his marketing campaign after a poor exhibiting.
Speaking after his decisive victory – by which he notched up greater than 51 per cent of the vote, in comparison with Mr DeSantis’s 21 per cent and Ms Haley’s 19 per cent – the previous president hailed “a very special night” and pledged that he would “straighten up the problems of the world” if he returned to the White House.
However, Mr Trump will discover himself slammed again all the way down to earth with a bump on Tuesday as he’s pressured to return to New York City to participate within the E Jean Carroll defamation trial, introduced towards him by the previous Elle journal columnist who accused him of sexually assaulting her in a division retailer dressing room within the Nineteen Nineties, for which the candidate was discovered liable final yr.
Only after that may the Republican presidential nominee-presumptive flip his consideration in the direction of campaigning in New Hampshire forward of that state’s all-important major subsequent week.
Biden marketing campaign declares large fundraising haul
So how are issues trying on the opposite facet of the fence?
President Joe Biden, the Democratic National Committee and their joint fundraising committees for the 2024 marketing campaign took in additional than $97m within the remaining three months of final yr, it was revealed yesterday.
The figures reported place President Biden forward of the place the Obama marketing campaign stood at the same juncture however behind Trump’s 2020 re-election marketing campaign.
Here’s Gustaf Kilander to take a look at the numbers intimately.
Joe Sommerlad16 January 2024 12:15
Voices: How Trump swallowed a whole technology of Republicans
Here’s Eric Garcia on why the Republican presidential major ended the second Donald Trump introduced his intention run for one more time period as president at Mar-a-Lago in November 2022.
Joe Sommerlad16 January 2024 11:45
Haley’s surge chilled by third place in frozen Iowa caucus
The former governor of South Carolina charged into Iowa as 2024 kicked off with the hopes of knocking out Ron DeSantis and snatching a second-place end, buoyed by a late-game polling surge.
Instead, she ended the night time in an in depth third — all of the whereas declaring that, regardless of DeSantis pulling off his personal sort-of victory, that it was now a “two-person race”.
She now heads to New Hampshire, boosted by her rising ballot numbers however along with her momentum blunted, a minimum of to a point, by the shortage of a outcome right here tonight.
John Bowden has extra on what the long run holds for Haley.
Joe Sommerlad16 January 2024 11:15
Haley beats Trump with one vote in lone Iowa county – ruining his clear sweep of caucuses
Nikki Haley has managed to claw again a minor victory within the Iowa caucuses, beating Trump in a lone county and ruining his clear sweep throughout the state.
The former ambassador to the United Nations trumped the previous president by only one vote in Johnson County, with 1,271 votes to 1,270 and 99 per cent of votes tallied.
Florida governor Ron DeSantis trailed behind each candidates within the county with 755 votes.
Here’s extra from Rachel Sharp.
Joe Sommerlad16 January 2024 11:00
Ramaswamy for VP? Don’t depend on it…
Now that the Trumpian biotech entrepreneur has suspended his marketing campaign after a poor exhibiting in Iowa, he’s anticipated to step out on the marketing campaign trial to endorse his idol as all eyes flip to New Hampshire.
But might he be in line for greater than that? Might he even find yourself as Trump’s working mate?
“Pretty safe to say it won’t be Vivek,” Jason Miller, Trump’s senior adviser informed The New York Post this week, instantly capturing down that concept.
But again in August, the previous president had informed a conservative TV host that he was severely mulling Ramaswamy as a possible contender for the position, so what’s modified?
Joe Sommerlad16 January 2024 10:45
Truth Social: Happy Trump thanks Iowa and applauds Ramaswamy
The winner is now putting a way more gracious tone on social media, thanking Iowa Republicans for his or her assist and Ramaswamy after he bowed, solely days after telling the general public to not be “duped” into backing him.
He has additionally reached out to former enemy Marco Rubio and Rick Scott after the pair endorsed him over the weekend.
“Little Marco” is now “highly respected”, it appears.
Joe Sommerlad16 January 2024 10:15
Recap: Trump overwhelmingly wins the Iowa caucuses
If you’re simply becoming a member of us, former president Donald Trump has overwhelmingly received the Iowa caucuses within the first official contest of this yr’s Republican presidential primaries.
Trump posted a double-digit victory in Iowa eight years after he misplaced the caucuses to Senator Ted Cruz of Texas. The front-runner far-outpaced his nearest opponents, Florida governor Ron DeSantis and former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley, who served as Trump’s US ambassador to the United Nations in his administration.
His victory in Iowa breaks Bob Dole’s file for a margin of victory of 13 factors in 1996 and George W Bush’s 10.5-point victory in 2000. Both candidates went on to develop into the Republican nominee for president, a future that appears all however sure for Trump regardless of dozens of felony fees towards him.
Joe Sommerlad16 January 2024 09:45
Trump pledges unity in Iowa speech after taking goal at migrants
Here’s what final night time’s victor needed to say for himself over his resounding victory over Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy.
Watch: Trump pledges unity in Iowa victory speech after taking goal at migrants
Donald Trump stated it’s time for the US to come back collectively final night time (15 January) as he received the 2024 Iowa caucuses, after utilizing anti-immigrant rhetoric on his marketing campaign path. The Associated Press and information networks known as the race shortly after 8.30pm. As he addressed supporters in Des Moines, the previous president stated: “Whether it’s Republican or Democrat, or liberal or conservative, it would be so nice if we could come together.” The former president’s feedback got here after he informed a rally final Friday that voting for him can be “to stop the invasion of millions of people — from parts unknown.”
Joe Sommerlad16 January 2024 09:15
Trump shares weird biblical video
The three-minute clip, posted to Truth Social on Sunday night, opens on grainy footage of an LP turning on a file participant, broadcasting an apparently historic sermon by which a preacher intones: “And on 14 June 1946, God looked down on his planned paradise and said: ‘I need a caretaker.’
“So God gave us Trump,” the voiceover provides.
Oliver O’Connell16 January 2024 08:45
ICYMI: Heckler calls out Trump for taking tens of millions from overseas governments
Boos from the group drowned out the girl earlier than the previous president taunted: “Go home to Mommy! Your mommy’s worried.”
Oliver O’Connell16 January 2024 07:45
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