Donald Trump and the Quick Fix

Eric Medlin
2 min readJan 17, 2024

It never works against the former president.

The Iowa State Capitol. Source: Wikipedia

Donald Trump won the largest majority ever for a non-incumbent in Monday’s Iowa caucuses. He captured 52% of the vote with low turnout and a limited effort compared to his dogged rivals. The former president’s victory has already pushed one competitor, Vivek Ramaswamy, to drop out of the race. It has the chance to increase his lead in New Hampshire and fully winnow…

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Eric Medlin

I’m a writer interested in the intersections of history, ideas, and politics. I publish every week. www.twitter.com/medlinwrites