President Donald Trump said on Thursday he would have backed the Republican primary opponent of Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-IA) if he had been given “proper information” on both candidates.Feenstra narrowly lost the GOP primary for Iowa governor to political newcomer Zach Lahn earlier this month despite outspending Lahn by nearly $1 million and having Trump’s support.When asked if he regretted endorsing Feenstra four days before the June 2 primary election, Trump suggested he did not know enough about Lahn at the time to make an informed decision and noted the first-time candidate was much more supportive of his agenda than the House Republican.
“The man running against [Feenstra] was all Trump,” he said in the Oval Office. “Had I been given the proper information, which I don’t think I was, I probably would have endorsed the other person or not endorsed at all, but I would have endorsed the other person.”
“The other person was much more Trump, as you know, than Randy,” he added.
Trump was extremely upset that his consultants pressured him to give Feenstra a last-minute endorsement, with a White House source telling Politico’s Playbook that the president is “really angry about this Iowa endorsement.”
