When Donald Trump stole Hillary Clinton's thunder at the Iowa State fair - Stuff.co.nz
The road to the White House leads from the life-size cow carved from 600 pounds (270 kilograms) of butter at the Iowa State Fair to the stand selling US$7 grilled pork chops on a stick. There's where Hillary Rodham Clinton was strolling on Saturday (local time), shaking hands and posing for selfies with sweaty supporters under an unforgiving sun, when the whirring sound of helicopter blades approached, then grew louder, then... "There's Trump. He's got his own helicopter. The black chopper with bold white letters spelling T-R-U-M-P circled the fairgrounds once. And with that, the forces that are making the 2016 presidential contest so extraordinary collided theatrically at the legendary Iowa State Fair. Donald Trump, the billionaire reality television star whose shamelessness and braggadocio is disrupting the Republican primary, was out of his element here but undoubtedly in command. He stepped out of his helicopter like a Palm Beach mogul, sporting a navy blazer and breezy cream slacks, a red cap with his "Make America Great Again" slogan, French cuff links and buffed white dress shoes, which would be challenged moments later... A political Willy Wonka, Trump offered rides in his helicopter, which landed at a nearby baseball field, to randomly selected handfuls of Iowa children. "Does anyone want to take a ride. "You know we don't do subtle," Trump's spokeswoman, Hope Hicks, acknowledged. Still, the chaos and spectacle Clinton and Trump each created during their. Source: www.stuff.co.nz
