The Washington Post
Trump revels in Iowa caucuses’ upheaval, blames Democratic Party
President Trump, on the morning of his State of the Union address, tweeted and retweeted commentary deriding the failures of the Iowa Democratic caucuses as indicative of a larger problem with the Democratic Party.
“The Democrat Caucus is an unmitigated disaster,” Trump tweeted. “Nothing works, just like they ran the Country. Remember the 5 Billion Dollar Obamacare Website, that should have cost 2% of that. The only person that can claim a very big victory in Iowa last night is ‘Trump’.”
Then the president went on a retweeting tear, including a GIF posted by his White House social media director Dan Scavino of a dumpster fire washing away in a flood.
In subsequent tweets, Trump defended Iowa as the first voting state in presidential nominating contests, blaming the Democrats for botching the caucuses. In 2016, Trump came in second in the Iowa caucuses behind Sen. Ted Cruz (Tex.).
“It is not the fault of Iowa, it is the Do Nothing Democrats fault. As long as I am President, Iowa will stay where it is. Important tradition!” Trump tweeted.
Trump then taunted the Democrats, writing facetiously: “When will the Democrats start blaming RUSSIA, RUSSIA, RUSSIA, instead of their own incompetence for the voting disaster that just happened in the Great State of Iowa?”
Trump also celebrated his share of the GOP caucus vote, in which he secured 97 percent of Iowa Republicans’ support. His primary opponents, former Illinois congressman Joe Walsh and former Massachusetts governor Bill Weld each won a little more than 1 percent.
“The Democrat Party in Iowa really messed up, but the Republican Party did not,” Trump tweeted. “I had the largest re-election vote in the history of that great state, by far, beating President Obama’s previous record by a lot. Also, 97% Plus of the vote! Thank you Iowa!”
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