Trump wins Iowa caucus

According to the Associated Press, former President Donald Trump was handed a victory by Iowa Republicans as he won the Iowa caucuses on Monday and is now poised for a comeback.

Trump’s die-hard supporters turned out Monday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, on a bitterly cold night that Iowa officials described as some of the worst weather for a caucus in half a century, the AP noted.

The former president who was beaten by President Joe Biden in the 2020 elections that led to him facing four criminal cases involving allegations of multiple felonies, is now on track for another shot at the White House.

The Hill reported Trump entered the Hawkeye State’s caucuses with a double-digit lead in polling averages over his closest challenger, as observers noted the former president appeared to be gaining strength in the state and pulling support from evangelical Iowans.

“We’re going to win the Iowa caucuses and then we’re going to crush crooked Joe Biden next November,” Trump told Iowans at a rally last month, weeks out from the caucuses.

Journalist Julia Mueller noted that the focus of the race will now turn to New Hampshire, which will hold its first-in-the-nation Republican primary on Jan. 23.  

There, Haley has been gaining on Trump, and the state could serve as a backstop after her Iowa loss — though the former president still has a substantial edge in the Granite State. 

Strategists have suggested that a Trump win in both Iowa and New Hampshire could seal the deal for the rest of the election cycle, making it nearly impossible for another GOP candidate to catch up before the general.