Oliver Hawkins

On the afternoon of January 6, the third anniversary of his supporters’ assault on the US Capitol, Donald Trump travelled to a school gymnasium on the banks of the Mississippi River to ask voters to send him back to the White House — and rattle the world like they did in 2016. “The battle begins in Iowa, it begins here,” Trump told the crowd assembled in Clinton, a town of nearly 25,000 on the eastern flank of the state. “With your help, we’re going to bring back our country — we’re going to br…

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