And on the eve of his State of the Union address and two days before he’s set to be acquitted in his impeachment trial, things cannot have worked out better for the President. Their aim is to create a narrative that tars the eventual nominee as illegitimate. Meanwhile, Trump operatives are already spinning conspiracy theories and disinformation about what the Iowa Democratic Party said were “inconsistencies” in its results. Nothing works, just like they ran the Country,” he tweeted. “The Democrat Caucus is an unmitigated disaster. The President pounced on the confusion early Tuesday morning. There’s little doubt that Trump, who consistently erodes trust in institutions and governing systems, will weaponize such a narrative if it looks like he will lose in November. The caucus nightmare also played right into the hands of a President spoiling for months to brand his rivals as weak, disorganized and even worse - plotting to rig the results to hand its crown to an establishment favorite.

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