‘Ready to rumble’: Trump holds Iowa campaign rally more akin to victory lap
by David Smith in Des Moines, Iowa from US news | The Guardian on (#6HVKQ)
Event, briefly interrupted by young climate protesters, overshadows those of former president's Republican rivals
It was a melancholy farewell. Three years ago this week, Donald Trump departed on Air Force One for the last time as Frank Sinatra's My Way blared from loudspeakers. The outgoing US president was defeated, disgraced and seemingly down and out.
Amid the snowy plains of Iowa, however, Trump is set to pull off one of the most improbable of all political comebacks. On Sunday, he held a campaign rally more akin to a victory lap in a state where Republican caucus-goers look certain to back him for a swift return to the White House.
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