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Before Bluffs rally, Trump says he’s ‘ahead of where I would have thought'
RYAN SODERLIN/THE WORLD-HERALD
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump greets supporters Tuesday at the Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs
http://www.omaha.com/news/politics/before-bluffs-rally-trump-says-he-s-ahead-of-where/article_84556d1a-aeb8-11e5-a36c-b32fcc523ed1.html
POSTED: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2015 12:00 AM | UPDATED: 12:21 AM, WED DEC 30, 2015.
By Robynn Tysver / World-Herald staff writer
COUNCIL BLUFFS — Even Donald Trump has his moments of modesty.
The bombastic Republican presidential candidate known for his super-sized ego and his street-fighter persona had a soft-spoken moment Tuesday during a stop in Omaha and Council Bluffs, when he acknowledged that even he is a little surprised at his No. 1 position in national polls.
It came as Trump was escorting a pack of 14 reporters off his opulent Boeing 757 airplane at the end of a press conference.
What, a reporter asked, had the New York real estate developer discovered about politics that ran contrary to his earlier beliefs?
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