Trump sweeps Iowa caucus to stamp election credentials
Hindustan TimesWashington Former US President Donald J Trump kicked off his 2024 electoral journey with a massive win on Monday night by getting 51% of the votes cast by registered Republicans in the party’s first primary caucus in Iowa — a result that establishes his dominance over the Grand Old Party, makes him the clear front-runner in the battle to become the Republican nominee for the next president of the US, and sets the stage for a likely rematch with President Joe Biden this November. Former US President and Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump speaks at a watch party during the 2024 Iowa Republican presidential caucuses in Des Moines, Iowa. Responding to Trump’s Iowa win, Biden put out a fundraising appeal and posted on X, “Looks like Donald Trump just won Iowa. It was true yesterday and it’ll be true tomorrow.” Trump and his supporters use the Make America Great Again slogan to project a story of current despair and sell the dream of American revival, while Biden uses the acronym to depict Trump as leading the extremist and dominant wing of the Republican Party out to threaten American democracy and constitution.