Trump Tests Re-Election Ground Game With Blitz on Iowa Caucus
- Trump seeks a repeat of 2016 when he won Iowa by 9 points
- Surrogates fan out to distract from key test for Democrats
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President Donald Trump’s campaign is putting on a show of strength in Iowa this week, rehearsing tactics it hopes will carry the president to re-election in a state he won by a wide margin in 2016.
As the Democrats prepare for their first presidential nominating contest on Monday, the Trump campaign is keeping a packed schedule that is more typical of the closing arguments of a campaign. The aim is to test a years-in-the-making strategy to streamline efforts between the campaign, the Republican National Committee and state and local offices.