--- description: Trump is counter-programming the Republican debate with a special event to benefit veterans organizations title: Watch Live: Donald Trump Holds Veterans Rally as Republicans Debate image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Donald Trump](/tag/donald-trump/) ## Donald Trump Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Live: Donald Trump Holds Veterans Rally as Republicans Debate by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 29, 2016 12:00 AM CUT by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 29, 2016 12:00 AM CUT The Republican presidential candidates are [holding a debate](http://time.com/4197580/republican-debate-donald-trump-iowa/ "undefined") in Iowa on Thursday night—[but the front-runner isn’t there.](http://time.com/4195194/donald-trump-skip-fox-debate/ "undefined") Instead, [Donald Trump](http://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-2015-runner-up-donald-trump/ "undefined"), amid increasingly bitter feud with debate host Fox News and moderator [Megyn Kelly](http://time.com/4196506/republican-debate-donald-trump-megyn-kelly-fox-news/ "undefined"), will host [a different event in Iowa](http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/27/politics/donald-trump-veterans-event/ "undefined") meant to raise money for wounded veterans. Low-polling Republican candidates Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum [have said they will join Trump at the event in Des Moines](http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/01/28/mike-huckabee-to-attend-donald-trump-event-during-fox-news-debate/?%5Fr=0 "undefined"), after the participate in the so-called undercard debate. Trump’s event is scheduled to start at 9 p.m. E.T.—[the same time as the debate](http://time.com/4193925/watch-republican-debate-free-online/ "undefined"). You can watch it live above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4198601/donald-trump-veterans-event-rally-watch-live-stream-online/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4198601/donald-trump-veterans-event-rally-watch-live-stream-online/"},"headline":"Watch Live: Donald Trump Holds Veterans Rally as Republicans Debate","datePublished":"2016-01-29T00:00:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T14:32:48.909Z","description":"Donald Trump is counter-programming the Republican debate","url":"https://time.com/4198601/donald-trump-veterans-event-rally-watch-live-stream-online/","keywords":["Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4198601/donald-trump-veterans-event-rally-watch-live-stream-online/","name":"Watch Live: Donald Trump Holds Veterans Rally as Republicans Debate"}}]}] ```