Donald Trump cancels outdoor rally in Des Moines, seeking to avoid potential conflict with competing DeSantis event....

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Lol...na...this a lie...it was crazy bad out in pleasentville...to cancel the event was a good call

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Interesting. I guess it wasn't crazy bad everywhere? Because just a few minutes away from Trump's cancelled event, Desantis gave live remarks to a large crowd.

But Iowa was spared from the brunt of the storms, which instead caused damage in Oklahoma and Kansas. And to make matters worse for the former president, his likely 2024 rival continued to hold events in and around the city that night, even remarking on how nice the weather was.

On Sunday, a Republican commentator on CNN speculated that Mr Trump’s real reasoning for cancelling the rally had been a fear of Mr DeSantis overshadowing him with a larger crowd size.

“Some people say it was because of the weather. Other people say it was because he wasn't able to draw a big crowd. I don't know what the truth is,” said Scott Jennings, a former official with the second Bush White House.