‘Five laps ahead,' Trump thumbs his nose at Iowa traditions
Former President Donald Trump returned to Iowa last week for an event geared towards farmers, where he ripped Florida Governor and chief Republican primary opponent Ron DeSantis’ agriculture policies. | Charlie Riedel/AP PhotoHe’s threatening to skip the primary debates. He’s publicly trashing the Republican governor of Iowa, infuriating traditional GOP operatives in the first-in-the-nation caucus state.
“Part of the reason he’s five laps ahead is this how he deals with things,” said Dave Carney, a Republican strategist based in New Hampshire. “He doesn’t play the traditional candidate card. He will not mow a single lawn in New Hampshire this summer — other candidates might.” Hoefert was scrolling his phone on his couch Monday night when he came across Trump’s post on Truth Social, suggesting Reynolds owed her first gubernatorial win to Trump’s endorsement, while deriding her for remaining “NEUTRAL” ahead of the caucuses.“I just went, ‘I’m done with this,’” Hoefert said of reading Trump’s post. “I’m done with this kind of crap … I still don’t know who I’m going to vote for, I just know I’m not going to vote for him in the caucus.
Steven Cheung, a spokesperson for Trump, said a scheduling conflict is preventing Trump from attending this weekend’s Family Leader event, and noted he was “in Iowa last week and will be back next week.” Instead of attending the Iowa cattle call on Friday, Trump is the headlining speaker for the conservative youth conference Turning Point Action in West Palm Beach, Fla., which DeSantis is skipping.
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