Donald Trump and party rivals speak at key Iowa Republican event

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at the Republican Party of Iowa’s 2023 Lincoln Dinner Charlie Neibergall/AP)

Donald Trump and his top rivals for the Republican presidential nomination took the stage one by one on Friday night to address an influential gathering of Iowa Republicans.

Mr Trump’s competitors mostly reserved their sharpest criticism for President Joe Biden and a Democratic Party they argued had lost touch with mainstream America — failing to pounce on additional counts over Mr Trump’s retention of classified documents that might have otherwise been an opportunity to cut into his comfortable early lead in the polls.