Former President Donald Trump said today, Tuesday, after his victory in Iowa, "It's time for our country to unite." The former president won the Republican primary elections in the state of Iowa, as announced by U.S. media on Monday evening, solidifying his position at the top of the Republican race for the presidential election scheduled for November this year.
Media reports indicated that his competitor, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, came in second in Iowa, followed by former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley. Many U.S. media outlets took only 30 minutes after voting began to declare the former president's victory.
The Iowa caucus is considered the first major test for former President Trump amid his legal troubles involving four criminal cases, ranging from the mishandling of classified documents to attempts to overturn the previous election results.
CNN and CBS predicted that the former president would defeat his main rivals in this Midwestern state: former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. These media outlets anticipated that the controversial billionaire would achieve a landslide victory in this state, which kicks off the long journey of the presidential elections.
This result confirms what opinion polls had consistently predicted: a decisive win for the former president in his party's primary elections.
