Trump up 11 points in Iowa in last two weeks

“I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn’t lose any voters, OK?” he said at a campaign stop at Dordt College in Sioux Center, Iowa.

“It’s a guy who stands on his principles relentlessly when everybody in the media, everybody in the other party and everybody in his own party says: ‘I ain’t with you, man. You’re loser”.

Donald Trump joked today that he could “shoot somebody” in New York City but still not lose what he called his loyal supporters.

They seem to think Trump’s cunning opportunism will be an advantage come November because the tycoon will have no problem changing up his positions to attract wider support.

“We need a new commander and chief and that obviously is not Hillary”, he said.

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The billionaire businessman, who is now the frontrunner for the Republican nomination for president, made the comments just nine days out from the Iowa caucuses opening voting in the 2016 campaign.

“My vote may not matter because of the way you vote”, Beck said, speaking on the caucuses. “He could be Canadian Prime Minister”, Mr Trump said.

And Trump pointed to Cruz’s 21-hour protest on the Senate floor in fall 2013 – in an unsuccessful bid to defund the Affordable Care Act – as proof that “Ted can not get along with anybody”. “I believe I have found him”, Beck said of Cruz.

However, the establishment’s growing acceptance of Trump’s electoral prospects so far hasn’t manifested itself in tangible support for his campaign. Florida Senator Marco Rubio follows with 14 percent.

Late past year, the Trump campaign trumpeted a meeting with “a coalition of 100 African-American Evangelical pastors and religious leaders who will endorse the GOP front-runner after a private meeting”.

Trump said, “The people – my people are so smart, and you know what else they say about my people – the polls!”. Pediatric neurosurgeon Ben Carson was leading in polls of Iowa Republicans in October, but since Oct. 31, polls have showed either Trump or Cruz in the lead.

Traditional Republican candidates like Jeb Bush whose father and brother have both served as president have fallen by the wayside in the polls.

Trump himself has been a fixture of the NY donor class for decades and already has deep relationships with many establishment players.

Donald Trump has boasted that he could shoot someone in the middle of a crowded street, without it affecting his popularity.

“Complaining and being frustrated alone will not be enough”, Rubio said.