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Donald Trump announces Iowa State Fair appearance

Donald Trump announces Iowa State Fair appearance
STACY THANK YOU, ETHAN. BREAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW AT FIVE, FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WHO IS IN THE RUNNING AGAIN FOR THE WHITE HOUSE HAS ANNOUNCED HIS PLANS TO RETURN TO THE IOWA STATE FAIR. DONALD TRUMP PLANS TO VISIT THE FAIRGROUNDS AT 1:00 SATURDAY, AUGUST 12TH. HE DID NOT SAY WHICH PART OF THE FAIRGROUND HE WOULD BE VISITING. DONALD TRUMP IS THE ONLY REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE NOT PARTICIPATING
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Donald Trump announces Iowa State Fair appearance
Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit the Iowa State Fair Saturday, a time-honored rite of presidential candidates working for support in the state’s leadoff nominating caucuses next January.Campaign aides Tuesday confirmed Trump’s plan to visit the fair at 1 p.m. Saturday, on the 11-day event’s first weekend. However, he is not planning to participate in a series of GOP presidential candidate conversations hosted by Gov. Kim Reynolds. Trump criticized her last month in a Truth Social post.Trump’s first Iowa State Fair visit was in 2015, when the then-emerging 2016 Republican presidential nominee drew hundreds of onlookers and news media.Saturday’s scheduled visit can be expected to be different, with the restrictions of free movement that come with the detail of Secret Service protection that accompanies any former president. Still, it was unclear Tuesday precisely what Trump’s campaign team had planned.

Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit the Iowa State Fair Saturday, a time-honored rite of presidential candidates working for support in the state’s leadoff nominating caucuses next January.

Campaign aides Tuesday confirmed Trump’s plan to visit the fair at 1 p.m. Saturday, on the 11-day event’s first weekend. However, he is not planning to participate in a series of GOP presidential candidate conversations hosted by Gov. Kim Reynolds. Trump criticized her last month in a Truth Social post.

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Trump’s first Iowa State Fair visit was in 2015, when the then-emerging 2016 Republican presidential nominee drew hundreds of onlookers and news media.

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Saturday’s scheduled visit can be expected to be different, with the restrictions of free movement that come with the detail of Secret Service protection that accompanies any former president. Still, it was unclear Tuesday precisely what Trump’s campaign team had planned.

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