President Donald Trump on Wednesday spoke at a “Make America Great Again” rally at the Des Moines International Airport, talking up the administration's actions on ethanol and on farmer aid money. “Nobody has ever done (more) for Iowa and the Farm Belt and the farmers and all,” Trump declared. “I saved ethanol.
Ethanol is safe.” Trump told the packed crowd, "You have a tremendous influence and a tremendous power and you've never let me down."
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and Trump were tied at 47% among likely voters in Iowa, according to a Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll released September 22. During his speech Wednesday, Trump also cited a poll released earlier in the day by Focus on Rural America that showed him leading Biden by six percentage points, 50% to 44%.
Trump made a direct appeal to the state's farmers, saying that he was responsible for $28 billion in aid designed to help offset damage stemming from his trade war with China. “I hope you remember that on November 3,” Trump said.