OTTUMWA, Iowa (Reuters) - Speaking in Iowa hours ahead of Donald Trump, Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden ripped the Republican president's trade policies, saying that farmers were being caught in the crossfire between the United States and China. “President Trump is in Iowa today, and I hope his presence here will be a clarifying event," Biden told a crowd at a campaign stop in Ottumwa. Before leaving the White House for Iowa, Trump lashed out at Biden as he has done in the past, calling him a "loser" and a "dummy." TRADE WARBiden and Trump will be competing for the same white, working-class voters in Iowa and elsewhere who helped Trump win the 2016 election. Biden hit Trump hard on China, saying the president's policies were exacerbating the economic threat posed by the country.

Source: The Star June 11, 2019 19:41 UTC