Donald Trump is returning to Iowa to resume a fall push in the state that kicks off the Republican nomination calendar.
Though aides said they were not specifically targeting counties that Trump flipped in 2016, they noted that he has had success in the eastern part of Iowa where manufacturing has declined sharply in the past two decades. His administration’s renegotiation of the U.S. trade pact with Canada and Mexico remains popular., hoping a strong showing can help them consolidate the non-Trump support.
Trump arrives in Iowa after a two-day trip to California, where he picked up 6 million of his 74 million votes in 2020 while losing the state by 30 percentage points to Democrat Joe Biden.Trump escalated his long-standing tough-on-crime message with calls for violent retribution for against criminals. People caught robbing stores should be shot, Trump said to applause. He raised money during his trip to Orange County, once a bastion of conservatism in Southern California that has become increasingly competitive.sparred in the second primary debate earlier in the week
, Trump was in another key blue-collar county in the general election battleground of Michigan. Trump spoke during Wednesday night’s debate in Macomb County, Michigan, north of Detroit at a nonunion manufacturing plant, where he blasted Biden’s push for electric cars amid an autoworkers’ strike. Trump carried Macomb County twice, after Obama did in 2008 and 2012.
Trump is ramping up his travel in Iowa, which kicks off the Republican nomination calendar with the Jan. 15 caucuses. He has scheduled several visits to the state this month.The Associated Press is an independent global news organization dedicated to factual reporting. Founded in 1846, AP today remains the most trusted source of fast, accurate, unbiased news in all formats and the essential provider of the technology and services vital to the news business.
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