Trump Force One lands at the Iowa State Fair http://t.co/WVw9nws7Vo | Photo: @smahaskey pic.twitter.com/qYDLuClDsR
— POLITICO (@politico) August 15, 2015DES MOINES — There in the center of the sweaty, frothing mob of bodies and cameras and microphones, reaching and shoving and snapping away as state troopers guided the mass along the concourse, was the blonde-haired billionaire, his ruddy, sunken face shaded under the brim of a bright-red ballcap.Keep reading.
For the 45 minutes it took him to walk from Gate 8 to the Iowa Pork Tent, onlookers stood agape, corndogs in one hand and smartphones in the other, shouting, pleading for a handshake, taking it in.
We love you Donald.”
“Give ‘em hell!”
“Kick Hillary’s ass!”
He’d landed several blocks away in a $7 million helicopter bearing his name. As he braved the sizzling midday heat, walking along in a navy blazer, khakis and shiny white spats, the chopper, still giving rides to groups of fawning children, swirled overhead.
Donald Trump, currently leading the polls for the Republican nomination and ready to spend $1 billion to win it all, was a long way from the gold-plated interior of New York City’s Trump Tower. But as a man who loves nothing more than to bask in the public’s adulation, he had come to the perfect place.
“My crowd is 10 times Hillary’s,” Trump gloated as he walked, having just been told the Democratic frontrunner, also campaigning at the fair Saturday, had taken note of his helicopter flying above...
And from Jennifer Jacobs, of the Des Moines Register:
Looks like Donald Trump will be on time to Iowa State Fair. Wheels down at DSM at 10:28a, per @mmcnarney. #iacaucus pic.twitter.com/eJcTty9xOi
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 15, 201512:09a, There he is!" Iowa Trump fans say as Donald Trump's helicopter approaches a Field near the Iowa State fair.
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 15, 201512:12a Shay Doyle, 11, of Waverly, will be in the second group of kids to go up in Trump chopper
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 15, 201512:13a, Donald Trump makes a very noisy very windy landing at a ball diamond near the Iowa State fair. pic.twitter.com/wGVTHNezPq
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 15, 201512:14a, 1st set of kids that will be going up in Trump chopper are william 9, sean 6, brendan 5 and henry 3. All sons of Sara Bowman of WDM
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 15, 201512:17a, Donald Trump tells reporters Hillary Clinton's email troubles are very serious. He wishes her luck.
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 15, 201512:20a, Donald Trump to reporters in Iowa: "Jeb Bush is a puppet to his donors. I know them." pic.twitter.com/pBFZQ2QyG5
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 15, 201512:22a Trump: I'm turning down so much money. If I took it I'd feel obligated. I know the game. pic.twitter.com/yCe8uc7DB9
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 15, 201512:22a, Trump: "I will be so great to women. I cherish women." Says he'll be better to women than Jeb who said $500b too much for healthcare
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 15, 201512:34a, Trump: I built a city on the west side of Manhattan. I've been dealing with politicians all my life. (doesn't like them)
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 15, 201512:25a, Asked why no #DMRSoapbox, Trump says "that paper's not relevant to me." #iacaucus
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 15, 201512:29a, Trump says he's been very successful in business. "whatever kind of brain that is will be used to make this country great."
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 15, 201512:30a, Trump tells reporters in Iowa, when asked if he'd spend $1B billion on campaign, "I would do that yeah if I had to." #iacaucus
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 15, 201512:34a, "All kids! All kids!" Trump says, and psyched up kids, some in Trump Tshirts, mob him. #iacaucus
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 15, 2015Trump Iowa aide @heytana says she went in the Trump chopper as a reward when she was a contestant on The Apprentice. "Absolutely gorgeous."
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 15, 201512:51a, State troopers in golf carts are escorting Donald trumps golf cart to the Iowa State fair
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 15, 201512:53a Trump is in gate seven at the Iowa State fair and is immediately swarmed with reporters and fairgoers pic.twitter.com/lFUjaxl9J6
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 15, 201512:58a, you are trying to spot Trump in the mob at Iowa State fair he is the one in the red cap. By Horse Barn pic.twitter.com/K6CQp6kqHH
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 15, 20151:04p, "Who is it, Terry Branstad?" Robert Green, 66, of Ankeny, says when he sees massive and ever-growing Trump mob pic.twitter.com/QJOUS5d5MI
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 15, 2015Trump aide Chuck Laudner asks an @IowaPress staffer to go warn Iowa pork producers that Trump is on his way Hadn't told the grill guys.
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 15, 2015130p, Trump is at Pork Chop on a Stick
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 15, 20151:32a, Trump swarm is waaaaaaay bigger than for Palin in 2011. What did he wear to Iowa State Fair? Suit jacket, khakis, white dress shoes.
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 15, 20151:38a, People are climbing tables chairs and walls to get a peek at Trump pic.twitter.com/KyrylZvPFg
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 15, 20151:43p, at a side tent at Pork Producers, Trump takes breather in shade with pork chops on a stick. Leads crowd chant "make America great"
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 15, 20151:47p, Trump escapes in a golf cart surrounded by more than a dozen security officers, waving at Iowans pic.twitter.com/2mgD8QiOD1
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 15, 20151:51p, Trump in a golf cart rolling through main parking lot on his way to gate 11
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 15, 2015
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