Trump uses campaign rally to trumpet Iran policy as Democrats damn it

Highlighting the politics of the city, Trump's rally was interrupted several times by protesters, who also demonstrated outside the arena where he spoke

As President Donald Trump rallied supporters Tuesday night by defending his decision to kill a top Iranian general, the Democrats vying to replace him used their final debate before primary voting began to argue that doing so made the country less safe.

With Trump firing up thousands in the battleground state of Wisconsin and the Democratic candidates squaring off in Iowa ahead of its Feb. 3 caucuses, the political events were expected to offer very different visions for the future of the country.

But the contrast on Iran in nearly real time was especially stark.

Addressing an audience in downtown Milwaukee — not