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Nobody is surprised that Donald Trump romped his way to victory last night in the Iowa caucuses, writes law professor Austin Sarat. "As last night's results prove, over the course of the last eight years, Iowa has become Trump country." |
What's remarkable is that Trump barely campaigned in Iowa, didn't appear in any of the GOP primary debates and still won an outright majority of caucus delegates, besting the second-place finisher, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, by 30 percentage points. Sarat points out, "So loyal were Trump's supporters in Iowa that 71 percent of them told pollsters last night that they would consider him fit to serve as president even if he were to be convicted of a crime." Trump even cleaned up among the state's evangelical voters, who in the past have supported true believers such as Sens. Ted Cruz and Rick Santorum and Gov. Mike Huckabee. So why did Trump win so big in Iowa? It's simple: Most Iowans think Trump did a great job as president and that the country needs him to put it back on track after three dismal years under President Biden. Trump, most of his supporters believe, is the only one who can fix the country. And evangelicals have become more willing to overlook Trump's flaws because as president he delivered for them on policy, most prominently in appointing three conservative justices to the U.S. Supreme Court. Those three appointments were crucial to overturning Roe v. Wade, the court's 1973 ruling finding a constitutional right to abortion. "Trump's Iowa victory should be a wake-up call," Sarat concludes. "His opponents inside and outside the Republican Party will have to up their game quickly if they want to stop him from returning to the Oval Office." Good luck. Read the op-ed at TheHill.com. |
Welcome to The Hill's Views & Opinions newsletter, it's Tuesday, Jan. 16. I'm Daniel Allott, bringing together a collection of key opinion pieces published from a wide range of voices. |
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By Gabriel Diamond, research assistant at the Yorktown Institute |
If Jordan is going to improve cooperation with Israel, the focus must be directed toward Iran. The Biden administration should be reminded that until it deals with Iran, efforts to eliminate their proxy forces will be met with limited success. Iran could lose its proxy in Gaza, only to be rewarded with a new one in Jordan. |
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By Mohamed El-Bendary, Cairo-based independent researcher and author |
America's dogged military support for Israel's invasion of Gaza is increasing anti-Americanism on the Arab street, with comparisons frequently made to the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003. Alas, the image of the "ugly American" has risen again in the hearts and minds of Arabs, with many describing Joe Biden as the "evil" president and comparing him to George W. Bush, whose administration invaded Iraq. |
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By Juan Williams, Fox News political analyst |
It is time to start talking about the stakes of having a two-party system where one party has been completely subsumed by Trump's authoritarian cult of personality. |
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By John Bolton, former national security advisor |
We do not know Iran's next steps; perhaps even Iran is uncertain. But when Tehran decides the hour has come, Hezbollah will do what its paymasters demand. The same is true for Syria's Assad regime, although its military capabilities are much less consequential. |
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