US presidential primary race to become ‘very brutal’

Donald Trump believes the entire Republican Party should show “allegiance” to him, says The Washington Post White House Bureau Chief Toluse Olorunnipa. “He not only wants to defeat his Republican rivals — he wants to crush them, he wants to embarrass them, he wants to drive them out of the Republican Party,” Mr Olorunnipa said. “I would not be surprised if this primary race becomes very brutal, becomes very nasty. “And in the general election – between potentially Donald Trump and the current president Joe Biden – could be even darker, even more gloomy, even more nasty.” According to a Fox Business poll of Iowa GOP caucus-goers, Mr Trump is polling at 52 per cent, Ron DeSantis at 18 per cent, Nikki Haley at 16 per cent, Vivek Ramaswamy is at seven per cent and Chris Christie is at three per cent. More than 80 per cent of Trump supporters say their minds cannot be changed at this point.