Trump to hold de facto midterm kickoff in Iowa focused on the economy, energy prices

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Source: NPR

January 27, 2026 5:00 AM ET


President Trump will hold a rally in Iowa on Tuesday to preview the administration's campaign message ahead of the midterm elections. It comes as polls show that voters are unhappy with many elements of his messaging so far.

Tuesday's speech in Clive, Iowa, is expected to focus on energy and the economy — two areas where Trump's policy changes in the last year have negatively impacted the state. Trump was last in Iowa on the eve of July 4, 2025, where he kicked off a yearlong celebration of America's 250th birthday and touted Congress' passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which enacted sweeping cuts to taxes and social safety net programs.

As the tax season starts, voters will begin to see the impact of the law's signature policies, like no tax on tips and overtime and an expanded child tax credit. Later this week, the Treasury Department will hold a summit to release more details about the "Trump Accounts" created by the law, which will be seeded with a $1,000 government contribution for babies born between 2025 and 2028 and which will serve as investment accounts for newborns.

Much has changed in those six months, though, as polling data suggests the American public has soured on the Trump administration's overhaul of the country's foreign and domestic agenda. That includes an aggressive immigration enforcement crackdown in Minnesota where federal agents shot and killed two people in two different incidents this month.

Read more: https://www.npr.org/2026/01/27/nx-s1-5688705/trump-iowa-2026-midterm-elections

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1. anti-freedom rallies, and giving away money was something they opposed

Trump accounts? Hooch money at age 18. Contribute now and don't stop giving.

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2. GOOD: Keep spotlighting Republicans' disconnect

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3. ah yes, the return of the bund rallies.

I'm thinking they just won't draw the nazis they once did.

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4. Iowa Democratic leaders should pre-empt it.

Take out ads and take to social media. Say, "He's going to say Z,Y and Z. Here are the facts. And you know it because you feel it. Believe your own eyes and your own bank account. Don't let them lie to you."

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5. When th at man is dead and gone

song with lyrics about Hitler
When that man is dead and gone
When that man is dead and gone
We'll go dancing down the street
Kissing everyone we meet
When that man is dead and gone
What a day to wake up on
What a way to greet the dawn
Some fine day the news'll flash
Satan with a small moustache
Is asleep beneath the lawn
When that man is dead and gone
Satan! Satan!
Thought up a plan
Dressed as a man
Walking the earth
And since he began
The world is hell for you and me
But what a heaven it will be
When that man is dead and gone
When that man is dead and gone
When they lay him twelve feet deep
I'll be there to laugh not weep
When that man is dead and gone
What a day to wake up on
What a way to greet the dawn
Satan'll take him by the hand
To meet old Goering's Luftwaffe band
When that man is dead and gone
When that man is dead and gone
Some fine day the news'll flash
Satan with a small moustache
Is asleep beneath the lawn
When that man is dead and gone
What a day to wake up on
What a way to greet the dawn
When a certain man is dead and gone