Clinton, then Trump and Sanders hit the Iowa State Fairgrounds

But Trump did interviews with reporters as he made his way through the fair, hammering Clinton as untrustworthy and predicting that the controversy over her emails would become a “serious problem” that would ultimately cause her to withdraw from the race.

It was Donald Trump’s show, but several other presidential contenders played major supporting roles through a surreal opening weekend at the Iowa State Fair. This video was licensed from Grab Networks.

Ron, the Iowa state fair this weekend.

They will admire prize livestock and eat pork chops on sticks. Only presidential candidate to arrive by helicopter.

HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON: The facts are the same as they have been from the very beginning of these questions being raised. “She’ll email in her appearances”.

Sanders avoided any mention of agricultural issues and primarily stuck to his stump speech about saving and expanding Social Security, raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour and criticizing GOP candidates for undermining family values, which he said included such things as gay marriage, giving a woman control of her reproductive rights and providing free health care to all.

That’s as close as Clinton and Trump’s massive entourages came at the state fair, a rite of passage for any presidential candidate. “I think we need to put much more pressure on the appropriate agencies, and take action on our own, to do the countervailing measures and impose the tariffs when those sort of things happen”, he said.

Northey says there are plenty of examples of animal husbandry and animal welfare seen at the state fair, which serves as another form of agricultural education for consumers. Minutes later, she boarded a black SUV and was whisked away. Clinton brushed aside any suggestion there is concern among Democrats about her use of a private email server while she was secretary of state.

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is set for a rock-star’s entrance to the fair, landing in a helicopter in athletic fields just over a mile from the fairgrounds. The latter was filled with a sweltering crowd waiting to see him stop by the butter cow. The soapbox speeches will be covered live by C-SPAN as part of the network’s “Road to the White House” coverage leading up to the 2016 vote.

“Yeah, I’ll be doing jury duty”, he said. So far he has not released any specific policy proposals.

Bernie Sanders may not leave Iowa as popular as the pork chop on a stick or fried PBJ – but the Democratic candidate rolled into the Iowa State Fair to a crowd that wrapped around to the back of the soapbox stage to hear him speak on Saturday afternoon.

The former governor of Arkansas, who won the 2008 Iowa Republican caucus, talked about his conservative agenda and his executive experience. He also says he hopes to check out some of the livestock.

“If you look at the recession we endured”, said Webb, “and you start in April 2009, when we started climbing back out of it, the stock market has nearly tripled”. But here’s what she said at the fair when asked about it.

Also expected at the fair Saturday are Vermont Sen.