Trump's Iowa Postmortem: Skipping Debate, Lax Ground Game Hurt
- `I'm a rookie,' Trump says of second-place finish in caucuses
- Billionaire complains to MSNBC about media coverage of Rubio
Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event in Mildford, New Hampshire, on Feb. 2, 2016.
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Donald Trump said he’s proud of his second-place finish in the Republican presidential caucuses in Iowa but skipping the Fox News debate and his inexperience with mobilizing voters on the ground hurt his campaign.
“I’m doing this for the first time. I’m a rookie,” the billionaire businessman said in an interview with MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” program Wednesday.