Race for Republican nomination: Iowa win boosts Trump's confidence


Jan 17 2024 11 mins  

In this special edition, we focus on Donald Trump's major win in the Iowa caucuses and what that means for this year's US presidential election. With 51 percent of the vote, Trump came out in front by 30 percentage points. His two main rivals, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and former UN ambassador Nikki Haley, finished a distant second and third. The first-in-the-nation vote puts the former president on track to lock in the Republican nomination for the 2024 presidential campaign. FRANCE 24's James Andre gives us his analysis.