Donald Trump quiet after second-place Iowa finish
For the last 13 hours, Donald Trump's Twitter feed has been radio silent.
It's often a favored early-morning medium for the GOP presidential candidate -- to communicate the day's rally plans, to lob attacks at his opponents, or to tout his most recent poll results.
But since finishing second to rival Ted Cruz in the nation's kickoff nominating contests in Iowa Monday night, Trump hasn't blasted out anything new to his nearly six million Twitter followers.
By Tuesday morning, Trump also hadn't appeared on any television news programs.
And he has yet to show his face in New Hampshire, where multiple GOP candidates rushed to hold events in preparation for the first-in-the-nation primary slated for February 9.
In fact, Trump only has one public appearance scheduled Tuesday -- an evening rally in Milford, New Hampshire.
On Monday, the billionaire businessman told his supporters that he was "honored" to come in second with 24 percent of the vote, sandwiched between Cruz's 28 percent and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio's 23 percent.
"We finished second, and I want to tell you something...I'm just honored. I'm really honored," Trump told a crowd of supporters Monday. "I want to congratulate Ted and I want to congratulate all of the incredible candidates including Mike Huckabee, who's become a really good friend of mine. Congratulations to everybody."
The comments seemed to be a departure from previous sentiments Trump has shared on the issue of winning.
One tweet from the reality television star -- a quote from American golfing pro Walter Hagen -- declared this in 2013:
"No one remembers who came in second." - Walter Hagen
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 30, 2013
Update: After a nearly 16 hour break from Twitter, Trump returned with thoughts on his Iowa caucus experience:
My experience in Iowa was a great one. I started out with all of the experts saying I couldn't do well there and ended up in 2nd place. Nice
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 2, 2016
Because I was told I could not do well in Iowa, I spent very little there - a fraction of Cruz & Rubio. Came in a strong second. Great honor
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 2, 2016
I will be talking about my wonderful experience in Iowa and the simultaneous unfair treatment by the media-later in New Hampshire. Big crowd
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 2, 2016
The media has not covered my long-shot great finish in Iowa fairly. Brought in record voters and got second highest vote total in history!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 2, 2016