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Michael Sainato

Trump says he would prefer to die by electrocution in bizarre campaign rant

Donald Trump speaks to reporters in front of a green tractor in Leighton, Iowa
Donald Trump visits the Vande Voort family farm on Sunday in Leighton, Iowa. Photograph: Charlie Neibergall/AP

Faced with a litany of criminal charges, Donald Trump on Sunday told a campaign rally in Iowa that he would prefer to die by electrocution rather than be eaten by a shark if he ever found himself on a rapidly sinking, electrically powered boat.

The former president and frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination delivered the bizarre remarks during a speech in the community of Ottumwa. He was pontificating over batteries for electric powered boats while recounting a conversation he claimed to have had with a boat manufacturer in South Carolina.

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