Donald Trump speaking in Grand Rapids Monday

“He’s making minced meat out of our president”, Mr. Trump said of Mr. Pution on NBC’s “Meet the Press”.

“But I would do my part as a citizen to promote the one who I think will get the job done”, she said.

Why does Trump remain so popular? Then, less than 30 seconds after the holiday greeting, he restarted his ongoing feud with former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, the most aggressive in confronting Trump among his eight opponents on stage at Tuesday’s prime-time Republican debate in Las Vegas. He has been riding a wave of media publicity from his controversial campaign rhetoric and plans for blocking the flow of Mexican and Muslim immigrants into the country.

The rally marked the presidential candidate’s first visit to West Michigan since announcing his run. “I think people are looking for a real change”. “But this isn’t like somebody that’s stood with a gun and he’s, you know, taken the blame or he’s admitted that he’s killed”.

Heath Corey, a paramedic from Stockbridge, considers himself an independent and said Trump is winning his vote because he “grasps” the views of “common people”. “And I’m not going to be politically correct”. “I’m like a lot of people – I’m fed up with the whole damn political system”.

Inevitably, a protestor tried to shout Trump down, but was drowned out by Trump supports chanting, “USA!”

He’ll speak to a crowd near Grand Rapids around 7.

Donald Trump on Sunday said 2016 Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton fabricated claims that the Islamic State is using his comments on the GOP primary stump to recruit militants.

“We’re blue collar people out here. But I do hate them”.

The Trump campaign hopes to attract a surge of independents and disaffected Democrats on caucus night, but the latest data from the Iowa secretary of state show no significant growth in Republican registrations. “I think he’s going to get stuff done in office, despite whether you agree with him or not, he is going to get things done”, says first time voter Christian DeBolys.

But in a general election, Smith said, “the establishment voters will just go away”.

“My message is I’m a Muslim, I’m an American and I’m proud”, he said.