Trump waves grilled pork chop at cheering crowds in baffling appearance at fair
Donald Trump waved a grilled pork chop to cheering crowds in a baffling appearance at a fair.
Republican presidential rivals Trump and Ron DeSantis were holding competing events at the Iowa State Fair yesterday. On Saturday, a political must for aspiring presidential candidates in the state that kicks off the Republican nominating contest in January.
Trump spoke little to the public in his short time at the fair, except to talk individually to some fairgoers. However he stopped at the Iowa Pork Producers tent, a baby farm animal exhibit and a popular Grand Concourse pub.
At the pork tent, he bowed to state fair protocol. He held a pork chop on a stick up to the crowd and waved it. "You want it" he said to one supporter, handing it over.
Donald Trump held a pork chop on a stick up to the crowd and waved it (RSBN)During his brief speech to supporters, Trump mocked the other contenders at the fair that day - in addition to DeSantis, Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy were campaigning in Iowa.
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He said: "The other candidates came here and had like six people." In 2015, as the emerging Republican presidential nominee, Trump commanded attention at the fair by offering children rides on his personal helicopter.
In just as brazen style Saturday, Trump's Boeing 757 circled the fairgrounds ahead of his landing just as DeSantis was manning the grill at the Iowa Pork Producers tent.
Republican presidential candidate Trump spoke as he visited the Iowa State Fair (ALEX WROBLEWSKI/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)DeSantis trails Trump in national and Iowa polls but is viewed still early in the race as his strongest potential challenger and has recently accelerated his Iowa outreach in an attempt to land an early blow against the former president who remains extremely popular within the GOP base.
He and other candidates at the fair called out Trump for his criticism of Gov. Kim Reynolds, who has taken a pledge of neutrality and hosted a series of one-on-one conversations that most GOP candidates accepted but Trump declined.
Trump mocked the other contenders at the fair that day (RSBN)“That’s just how he operates, to attack one of the best governors in the country,” DeSantis said. “I think as Republicans we should be thankful and proud to see other Republicans doing well.”
It comes after a grand jury indictment on Tuesday, August 1, accused Trump of spreading "lies" and "sham" investigations while stoking an "angry" mob on January 6 in the Capitol riots.
Ron DeSantis was also at the event (AP)He has been charged with conspiracy to defraud the US, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of an official proceeding and conspiracy against the right to vote.
Trump faced a federal judge on Thursday afternoon, who read out the four federal charges against him that carry a combined maximum sentence of 55 years in prison. Magistrate Judge Upadhyayay set the next hearing for August 28, warning Trump not to try and influence jurors.
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