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DONALD Trump has won the Idaho caucus after securing victories earlier in the day in Michigan and Missouri.

's wins on Saturday placed him even further ahead of his main competitor — — whose chances at earning the presidential nomination continue to grow thin.

Former President Donald Trump has won the 2024 Idaho Republican Caucus
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Former President Donald Trump has won the 2024 Idaho Republican CaucusCredit: EPA
The former president is expected to take all of Idaho's 32 delegates
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The former president is expected to take all of Idaho's 32 delegatesCredit: EPA
Trump's victory in Idaho comes after he swept the votes in Missouri and Michigan earlier on Saturday
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Trump's victory in Idaho comes after he swept the votes in Missouri and Michigan earlier on SaturdayCredit: EPA

With 90% of the votes tallied, Trump was named the projected winner in Idaho after he received 85% of the votes cast.

The win also gave the former president all of the state's 32 delegates.

Haley is slated to come in a distant second place in the Gem State with nearly 14% of the vote, followed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis with 1%.

Also on Saturday, Trump was named the projected winner of 's Republican caucus, coming away with 39 delegates and 98% of the vote, compared to Haley's 2%.

Saturday's Michigan caucus comes after Trump won 12 delegates and 68% of the vote during the state's February 27 Republican primary, while Haley ended with about 27% and four delegates.

The former president was also the projected winner in Saturday's caucus with 54 delegates gained.

Trump is looking to seal the Republican nomination on March 5 — Super Tuesday — and put Haley's presidential dreams to rest.

Voters in more than a dozen states will take to the polls and vote for their respective candidates on Super Tuesday with a combined 874 delegates at stake.

TRUMP'S SATURDAY RALLY

Trump took the opportunity to discuss border control and attack his ultimate opponent — President Joe Biden — at a campaign event on Saturday afternoon in North Carolina.

“Biden’s conduct on our border is by any definition a conspiracy to overthrow the United States of America,” he said at the rally in Greensboro, North Carolina.

“Biden and his accomplices want to collapse the American system, nullify the will of the actual American voters, and establish a new base of power that gives them control for generations," he claimed.

The accusation comes as Trump — the only American president in history to be impeached twice — faces four criminal indictments for his involvement in the January 6 insurrection.

“Once again Trump is projecting in an attempt to distract the American people from the fact he killed the fairest and toughest border security bill in decades because he believed it would help his campaign. Sad,” Biden campaign spokesman Ammar Moussa said in response to Trump's latest claims.

HALEY'S FUTURE

Meanwhile, after another lackluster result at the polls, Haley said it was "very possible" that the GOP has shifted toward Trump.

"Isn't it possible the party has moved, and the party is about Donald Trump and not what you're describing, which might be the party of yesterday?" CNN's Dana Bash asked the former United Nations ambassador.

"It is very possible," Haley responded.

"What I am saying to my Republican Party family is, we are in a ship with a hole in it, and we can either go down with the ship and watch the country go socialist left, or we can see that we need to take the life rift and move in a new direction."

Haley has previously hinted at ending her campaign after Super Tuesday.

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She has lost all of her head-to-head contests against Trump, losing by 11 points in New Hampshire in January, failing by more than 20 points in , and losing in both the primary and caucus in Michigan.

The former South Carolina governor suffered an embarrassing defeat in the Nevada primary after more than 42,500 voters selected the "None of these candidates" option over her.

What is Super Tuesday?

And what it means for the general election.

  • Before the national general election is held on November 5, 2024, states hold primary elections where voters of each party can select that party's nominee
  • The results of these primaries will dictate which candidate becomes the official nominee for both the Republican and Democratic Party at their national conventions in the summer
  • On Super Tuesday, primaries are held in 16 states plus American Samoa, representing about one-third of the national electorate
  • Because of how many primaries are held on Super Tuesday, the results are a reliable indicator of who will be each party's eventual nominee
  • Presidential candidates who aren't nominated can still be represented by a third party, but a third-party candidate has never won an election
Donald Trump continued his dominating Republican presidential campaign, taking Missouri on Saturday
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Donald Trump continued his dominating Republican presidential campaign, taking Missouri on SaturdayCredit: AP
Nikki Haley remains winless in primaries
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Nikki Haley remains winless in primariesCredit: AP
Donald Trump will now look to secure the Republican presidential nomination on March 5, aka Super Tuesday
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Donald Trump will now look to secure the Republican presidential nomination on March 5, aka Super TuesdayCredit: AFP
Haley said she would continue her campaign into Super Tuesday
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Haley said she would continue her campaign into Super TuesdayCredit: AP
Experts say it's all but certain that November will see a rematch between Trump and President Joe Biden
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Experts say it's all but certain that November will see a rematch between Trump and President Joe BidenCredit: EPA
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