Iowa caucus results – live: Trump takes historic win, DeSantis beats Haley and Ramaswamy quits 2024 race

Donald Trump addresses supporters after landslide Iowa caucus win

Donald Trump soared to victory in the 2024 Iowa caucuses on Monday night, with a projected 51 per cent of the Republican vote.

The Associated Press and news networks called the race shortly after 8.30pm local time, while many counties were still in the midst of caucus meetings.

The former president won in 98 of 99 counties, withNikki Haley beating him by just one vote to claim a victory in Johnson County.

Despite her win there, Ms Haley lost out to Ron DeSantis for second place, with both vowing to continue on to the New Hampshire primary.

Vivek Ramaswamy dropped out of the race and endorsed Mr Trump after securing less than eight per cent of the vote.

Life-threatening cold weather conditions appear to have impacted voter turnout as subzero temperatures and an extreme wind chill left most of the state in blizzard-like conditions.

In final Iowa polling, Mr Trump held a substantial lead over the other candidates which is how things played out on Monday night.

President Joe Biden responded to Mr Trump’s landslide win in the Iowa caucuses, by warning American voters it’s “going to be you and me vs extreme MAGA Republicans”.

The European Union presidency on Tuesday warned that the foundations of democracy will be put to the test during the November U.S. election, envisaging a scenario where the longstanding trans-Atlantic alliance could unravel ever more.

Prime Minister Alexander De Croo of Belgium, which holds the EU presidency, said that “if 2024 brings us ‘America first’ again, it is really more than ever ‘Europe on its own’.”

Mr De Croo spoke in an address to the EU legislature only hours after former President Donald Trump’s landslide win in the