The Old Fart Won Iowa!

The old fart carries Iowa.

We are seeing the possibility of another Donald J. Trump presidency in waiting.

I hope that America hasn't forgotten his failures in his first term. Cause literally, we cannot allow this incompetent man retake the White House.

Former president Donald J. Trump won the Iowa Caucus. He earned an early lead in delegates. He ended up winning 51% of the caucus.

Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley finished in a distant second and third respectively.

Vivek Ramaswamy ended in a distant fourth place. He ended up suspending his campaign.

The Democrats should be concerned. Trump's victory shows that despite Republicans being very concerned about his legal woes, age and track record, the party is still fully supportive of the embattled former president. Biden's polling shows that Democrats are going to need a miracle and hope that the coalition isn't fractured beyond repair.

They still believe that Biden isn't a legitimate president.

The former president was flanked on stage by members of his family and senior campaign staff, as well as members of Congress and other supporters who traveled to Iowa to campaign by his side.

He began his remarks with a conciliatory tone, saying it’s time for the country to come together.

Trump offered a shout-out to DeSantis and Haley, whom he has skewered on the trail.

“I want to congratulate Ron and Nikki for having a good time together,” he quipped.

About 7 in 10 Iowans who caucused for Trump on Monday night said they have known all along that they would support a man who has remade the Republican Party through his “Make America Great Again” political movement. Trump was carried to victory by the majority of caucusgoers who say they back it, a sign of his growing influence in a state that denied him a victory eight years ago.

Despite Trump’s commanding win in Iowa, the contest exposed some national vulnerabilities for the former president.

The suburbs are a relative weakness for Trump: Only about 4 in 10 of Iowa Republicans in the suburbs support him. Trump still bests his closest rivals in the suburbs, but not as strongly as he does in other areas, according to AP VoteCast, a survey conducted by the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research of more than 1,500 voters who said they planned to take part in Monday’s Republican caucuses in Iowa.

Nor does Trump have as much appeal with college graduates. Just 2 in 10 of Trump’s Iowa backers hold a college degree, compared to roughly half of those who backed Haley and DeSantis.

And there are Trump’s legal troubles. About one-quarter of GOP caucusgoers say Trump has done something illegal when it comes to at least one of the legal cases he is facing: his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, his alleged attempts to interfere in the vote count in the 2020 presidential election or the discovery of classified documents at his Florida home that were supposed to be in government custody.