DES MOINES — President Trump visited Iowa for the first time since June 2019 on Thursday night, and supporters lined up outside the Knapp Center bright and early to hear him speak.
“I’m here to see the president of the United States. It’s very exciting when he comes to Iowa. I have a tradition that when a new president comes I come to see him,” Des Moines resident Megan Christensen said.
“It makes me feel good because a lot of the media says he has no support. And we know that he has a tremendous amount of support,” Des Moines resident Dan Shedenhelm said.
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“Every day we’re achieving extraordinary victories for the people of the Hawkeye State,” Trump said. “The unemployment rate has reached an all-time low in history. That’s not bad. That’s not bad.”
The rally comes just a day after the United States—Mexico—Canada Agreement was signed into law, replacing NAFTA.
Joining the president at Thursday’s rally was Vice President Mike Pence.
He spoke to Iowans earlier in the day in Sioux City and Council Bluffs.
Pence said the president is counting on Iowans to bring the same enthusiasm to the 2020 race that he saw in 2016.
“In 2016, America said yes to President Donald Trump and I know it will carry the same enthusiasm,” Pence said. “It will carry the same confidence to speak to our neighbors and friends here across the hawkeye state and all across America, that we’re going to have the same kind of 2020.”