(Radio Iowa) – Former President Donald Trump is expressing confidence he’ll finish well ahead of his G-O-P competitors in the Iowa Caucuses, but during an event in Sioux City on Sunday Trump said the rivalry he’s most focused on is a 2024 rematch with Joe Biden.

Three lawyers who worked for Trump or his 2020 campaign who were charged along with Trump for trying to overturn Georgia’s election results have pleaded guilty this month. On Sunday, Trump repeated his complaints about his loss to Biden and the indictments he now faces. Trump said he has accumulated 100 million dollars in legal fees.Trump says his 2024 campaign advisers have suggested it’s disrespectful to say he’s going to win Iowa.

Over two-thousand people were in a theater in Sioux City to hear Trump, who was on stage for nearly 90 minutes. He offered brief critiques of G-O-P challengers Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley, but never mentioned that Mike Pence, his vice president, dropped out of the race this weekend. Trump promised the crowd he’d prevent World War Three if he returns to the White House — and he’d force Europe to match what the Biden Administration has given to Ukraine.

At one point, the crowd cheered to signify where they were from and it appeared there were contingents from South Dakota and Nebraska, even a few were from Minnesota. Republican State Senator Brad Zaun of Urbandale was the first elected official to endorse Trump in 2015 and he asked Iowans in the crowd to be the first to back Trump in 2024.

Republican Senator Lynn Evans of Aurelia told the crowd the 2024 Iowa Caucuses are the most important political event in their lifetime.

Also Sunday, the Trump campaign released the names of 100 faith leaders who’ve endorsed Trump.