i'm not sure by ascribe too much strategy or tactical value to that. it stream of consciousness. it's frankly what we've seen from the former president throughout his time on the campaign trail, from the time that i started covering him in 2015, nevertheless, that is his closing note here in iowa. he made appearances throughout the weekend, notable that he was here on the ground and disclosing period of the caucus because he hasn't spent nearly as much time here on the ground as his rivals, including ron desantis who will eventually take the stage behind me and the next few minutes. still, trump has the lead in the polls, and comfortably so. what people like to santas, once he gets on stage behind me, as well as nikki haley,nd vivek warmer swami, they are competing for second as they have the entire time. they're hoping to make it close, and desantis, case he had laid out the metric that he should be winning and iowa. haley, of course, never laid such a metric. their team is hoping that they can at least place a strong second and springboard into the states. as far as what we're seen on