MILFORD, N.H. — Donald Trump, clearly still smarting from his loss in Iowa, went on a profanity-laced tirade on Tuesday at a campaign rally, saying if he’s elected president, he would “bomb the sh*t out of” ISIS.

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“ISIS is making a tremendous amount of money because they have certain oil camps, right? They have areas of oil that they took away. They have some in Syria, some in Iraq. I would bomb the shit of ’em,” he said as the crowd cheered and hooted. “I would just bomb those suckers. And that’s right, I’d blow up the pipes, I’d blow up the refin — I’d blow up every single inch, there would be nothing left.”

Despite leading in the last 13 polls in the nation’s first presidential contest state, Trump skidded to second in the Iowa caucuses.  On Tuesday night, in front of a packed crowd in an athletic complex,  Trump also repeatedly bashed the media for portraying Sen. Marco Rubio as the winning the day. “Winner of the night Marco Rubio, Trump humiliated,” said a laughing Trump.

The big elephant in the room tonight was Trump’s loss in Iowa — but Trump changed his tune from win, win, win to embracing a second-place finish. Trump spurned the media for the coverage of his loss to Sen. Ted Cruz. The billionaire businessman also had some profane words for the Iowa winner. “If he gets the nomination they’re going to sue his a** off,” said Trump in reference to Cruz’s citizenship.

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One of the biggest criticisms of Trump’s campaign is the lack of ground game and his avoidance of retail politicking, which are crucial to winning the New Hampshire primary.

During a press conference before his speech, LifeZette asked Trump if he planned to add any more town halls to his schedule in the week leading up to the New Hampshire primary, given that his competitors are hosting one or two per day. His answer: “We are adding more.”

Then, within the first minute of his rally, in front of a 5,000 person crowd, Trump said: “You know, one of the reporters just asked me why don’t you do town hall meetings. I said because we have now the equivalent, I don’t know if you know, there’s another room this size where it’s packed also, so we have 5,000 people. And the people doing town halls could be doing about 200 a day and they still won’t be able to catch up.”

While rallies are crowd generators, it doesn’t necessarily translate into votes on primary day — something that might disappoint Trump next Tuesday night.

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One prospective voter, a 35-year-old from Mason, N.H., who works in his family’s landscaping business, plans to vote for Trump in the primary. “He’s energetic and a smart businessman. Mr. Trump is exactly what the country needs now,”

But other event-goers were not as confident that they would be voting for Trump on Feb. 9.  “I haven’t made up my mind,” said Jo-Ann Spilker, another New Hampshire voter. “I like Bush, Kasich and Christie as well and am planning to go to some events.”

At his press conference, Trump received an endorsement from former Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown, who failed to win his New Hampshire Senate race in 2014. Brown introduced Trump at the rally, but with less profanity.