Donald Trump signs tank top of waitress and hands out pizzas on campaign trail in Iowa

Publish date: 2024-06-21

Donald Trump signed a waitress’s top and dished out pizzas to a packed-out restaurant during a campaign trip to Iowa.

Mr Trump, 77, greeted enthusiastic supporters at Kathy’s Treehouse Pub and Eatery, with more than 100 people squeezed into the bar of the restaurant in Bettendorf.

The former US president handed out pizza boxes to the crowd of supporters, who screamed his name and sang along to Lee Greenwood’s God Bless the USA.

The visit was the first of five that Mr Trump plans to make to Iowa before the end of October Credit: Charlie Neibergall/AP

He signed dollar bills, caps and the tank top – and, later, arm – of a female bartender.

The visit was the first of five that he plans to make to Iowa before the end of October as he seeks the 2024 Republican nomination.

Earlier in the day, Mr Trump had addressed a rally of more than 1,000 people in Maquoketa, a small town of about 6,000 people in the middle of several rural counties in eastern Iowa.

Earlier in the day, Mr Trump had addressed a rally of more than 1,000 people in Maquoketa, Iowa Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images North America

“In less than four months from now, we’re going to win the Iowa caucuses in a historic landslide,” Mr Trump predicted.

He urged those in attendance to support him in the Jan 15 caucuses and asked them to bring along friends.

Earlier this month, Mr Trump stopped by an Iowa State fraternity house to toss footballs and shake hands before attending the university’s American football game in Ames against rival Iowa this month.

Mr Trump signed the tank top – and, later, arm – of a female bartender at Kathy’s Treehouse Pub and Eatery Credit: Charlie Neibergall/AP

In June, Mr Trump made a surprise stop at Versailles, a famous Cuban cafe in Miami, where he declared “food for everyone”.

But the Miami New Times reported that “no one got anything” from the former president.

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