Trump, who has spent the last few weeks attacking DeSantis on social media and mocking his glitch-filled kickoff announcement, has a series of events scheduled around Des Moines followed by a town hall airing on Fox News on Thursday.
The appearance by DeSantis before New Hampshire voters comes asreturned to the campaign trail in Iowa, marking the first time both Republicans were pitching themselves before voters as official candidates.
Trump is in Iowa nearly three weeks after canceling his last event, a large rally near Des Moines, due to a tornado warning, reluctantly ceding the spotlight to DeSantis as the governor crisscrossed the state ahead of his campaign launch. Trump has spent the last few weeks attacking DeSantis on social media and mocking his
But he left the stage without inviting any questions from voters, which is typically expected of presidential candidates competing for voters in the first-in-the-nation primary state.“People are coming up to me, talking to me, what are you talking about? Are you blind?” he said to a reporter. “Are you blind? People are coming up to me, talking to me whatever they want to talk to me about.”
Although DeSantis had largely avoided hitting back at Trump's constant attacks before he announced his presidential run, the governor pledged in Iowa this week that he would “fight back.” He accused Trump of discarding “America First” immigration principles and having “moved left” on issues.
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