--- title: Iowa Caucuses: Watch Donald Trump Admit Defeat description: It was likely the shortest remarks Trump has given in this campaign and among the most gracious. canonical: https://time.com/4203774/iowa-caucuses-donald-trump-defeat/ author: Francesca Trianni article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-02T07:20:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:50:32.061Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch Donald Trump Admit Defeat in Iowa og:description: His shortest and most gracious remarks yet. og:url: https://time.com/4203774/iowa-caucuses-donald-trump-defeat/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd96966d2faf75791/69887bc0524fc02c26df68f5/trump_v1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Trump rally og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Donald Trump Admit Defeat in Iowa twitter:description: His shortest and most gracious remarks yet. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd96966d2faf75791/69887bc0524fc02c26df68f5/trump_v1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Donald Trump Admit Defeat in Iowa by [Francesca Trianni](https://time.com/author/francesca-trianni/) and [Jake Swantko](https://time.com/author/jake-swantko/) Feb 2, 2016 7:20 AM UTC  Jake Swantko for Time by [Francesca Trianni](https://time.com/author/francesca-trianni/) and [Jake Swantko](https://time.com/author/jake-swantko/) Feb 2, 2016 7:20 AM UTC Donald Trump is not used to losing. “We finished second. I’m just honored,” Trump [said](http://time.com/4203728/donald-trump-iowa-loser/?xid=homepage) in a three-minute concession speech. It was likely the shortest remarks Trump has given in this campaign and among the most gracious.  Iowa Caucus results 2016 Watch the Republican candidate admit defeat. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4203774/iowa-caucuses-donald-trump-defeat/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4203774/iowa-caucuses-donald-trump-defeat/"},"headline":"Watch Donald Trump Admit Defeat in Iowa","datePublished":"2016-02-02T07:20:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:50:32.061Z","description":"Inside the Trump rally","url":"https://time.com/4203774/iowa-caucuses-donald-trump-defeat/","keywords":["Donald Trump","2016 Election topic","Iowa"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd96966d2faf75791/69887bc0524fc02c26df68f5/trump_v1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Francesca Trianni","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/francesca-trianni/"},{"@type":"Person","name":"Jake Swantko","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jake-swantko/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd96966d2faf75791/69887bc0524fc02c26df68f5/trump_v1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Trump rally","caption":"","creditText":"Jake Swantko for Time","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4203774/iowa-caucuses-donald-trump-defeat/","name":"Watch Donald Trump Admit Defeat in Iowa"}}]}] ```