‘He wins big’: Trump takes the Republican reins in his quest for re-election

For some Americans, it's a nightmare from which they cannot wake, but for others it's a new chapter in the Maga saga

There is a familiar scene in many a film where the protagonist jolts awake from a terrible nightmare, only to realise that he or she didn't wake up at all: the nightmare continues.

For the millions of Americans who abhor Donald Trump, there was a similar sensation on Monday night as the former US president swaggered out on stage in Des Moines, having just scored a resounding victory in the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses.