WATERLOO, Iowa ; discrimination against Christians; subsidies for farmers; his indictments; his false claims that the 2020 election was stolen; and the death tax.
He mocked President Biden; and painted a dark image of the country, claiming that the country is “in more danger now for World War Three than ever before.” And he reiterated his praise for Hungary’s right-wing populist leader Viktor Orban, who has championed “illiberal democracy,” describing him as a “great gentleman” and “the boss.”
The speech came hours after the Colorado Supreme Court barred Trump from running in the presidential primary in the state, ruling that he had participated in an insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021. Trump, however, did not address the ruling at the Iowa event. Steven Cheung, a Trump campaign spokesman, said in a statement that “the Colorado Supreme Court issued a completely flawed decision tonight and we will swiftly file an appeal to the United States Supreme Court and a concurrent request for a stay of this deeply undemocratic decision.”