He even hinted us in his speech. He's crashing the election with no survivors. As a republican, you're basically supposed to lose Iowa if you truly want to win the nomination and the presidency.
>1976 Gerald Ford (45%), Ronald Reagan (43%) - Jimmy Carter wins general - FAIL
>1980 George H. W. Bush (32%), Ronald Reagan (30%) - Reagan Wins general - FAIL
>1984 Ronald Reagan (unopposed)
>1988 Bob Dole (37%), Pat Robertson (25%) - George Bush wins general - FAIL
>1992 George H. W. Bush (unopposed) - Clinton wins general - FAIL
>1996 Bob Dole (26%), Pat Buchanan (23%) - Clinton wins general - FAIL
>2000 George W. Bush (41%), Steve Forbes (31%) - Bush wins general - WIN
>2004 George W. Bush (unopposed)
>2008 Mike Huckabee (34%), Mitt Romney (25%) - Obama wins general - FAIL
>2012 Rick Santorum (25%), Mitt Romney (25%) - Obama wins general - FAIL
>2016 Ted Cruz (27.7%), Donald Trump (24.3%) - Trump wins general - FAIL
The farm speech:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlKAFgWaxPA
Losing Iowa is strategic, it's a wake-up call for Trump's supporters to go and vote instead of just rallying and then staying watching TV and eating doritos on their couch on election day.
On top of that, it allows him to basically repeat Reagan's campaign.
>entertainer
>not a career politician
>enters politics once he's conquered success on other fields and has his life solved
>"Make America Great Again"
>loses Iowa, coming as the second major candidate
>desired by women