'Great tradition!': Trump vows to uphold Iowa's first-in-nation status after Democrats' caucus disaster

• Trump's latest dig at Dems came on Twitter in defense of the two first-in-the-nation nominating states.
• After the Iowa Democratic Party failed to release any official caucus results Monday night, speculation has grown over whether the Hawkeye State will vote first for Democrats ever again.
• With their fates intertwined, palpable anxiety has grown in New Hampshire over whether their status is in jeopardy.
• Both states' predominantly white and ageing demographics have led Dems to call for more diverse states to vote first.
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CONCORD, N.H. — Iowa and New Hampshire found a new defender in their first-in-the-nation status in the nominating process Friday when President Donald Trump vowed to protect them despite the Iowa caucus fiasco that has Democrats furious.

While Trump has no authority over which states vote first in the primaries — a decision left up to the Republican and Democratic National Committees — his late morning tweet took a dig at Democrats after the bungled, days-long rollout of official results from Monday's Iowa Caucuses. 

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