US President Donald Trump gloated Tuesday over the Democrats' "unmitigated disaster" in the Iowa caucuses count. "Nothing works, just like they ran the country," Trump said in a tweet after Democratic party officials blamed technical problems for chaos in the counting of what was meant to be the official launch of the primary season to pick a candidate in the November presidential election. Trump won his own Republican caucuses in the Midwestern farm state on Monday night with little effort -- as expected, given that it was effectively never a contest. Trump said "the only person that can claim a very big victory in Iowa last night is 'Trump.'" Trump's son Eric tweeted that Republican voting "broke ALL-TIME records for turnout for an incumbent president! The energy here in #Iowa is electric!" With Democrats increasingly questioning the role of Iowa and its arcane caucusing system as the first and highly influential chapter in their primary season each election, Trump again needled his opponents. "It is not the fault of Iowa, it is the Do Nothing Democrats fault. As long as I am President, Iowa will stay where it is. Important tradition!" he tweeted. sms/ft