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Update, 4:16 p.m.: After about a 70-minute delay, Donald Trump arrived to his rally at the Savannah Center in West Chester and wasted no time going after his biggest challenger in Ohio.

Trump criticized real estate taxes in Ohio and disparaged Ohio Gov. John Kasich for not watching any of Trump's speeches.

"He's not going to do the job," Trump said, mocking Kasich for only watching the Golf Channel.

"You people have a lot of problems. Your coal industry is dead. Your steel industry has problems. ... You can't be an absentee governor," Trump said.

Trump went on to talk about his time in Cincinnati and how it gave him confidence going forward.

"I just loved the whole deal. I also got very familiar with the people of Kentucky. I loved 'em. By the way, who won Kentucky recently? Trump. Trump," he said.

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Not long after beginning speaking Trump was interrupted by a protester.

"Well, it adds excitement, doesn't it folks?" Trump said. "In certain ways it makes it more exciting."

He then returned to targeting Kasich.

"The last six or seven or eight debates he's been going 'I'm that guy that's been a grown up.' Take a look at the first two debates," Trump said.

Topics addressed during the speech included Trump's proposed wall along the Mexican border, Pope Francis, Hillary Clinton, and the failings of Common Core.

Trump also criticized the New York Times and the media in general.

"They do stories that are so bad, and knowingly wrong," Trump said. "A lot of them are losing money because people have given up on them."

He then went for the hearts of Cincinnati Reds fans.

"We gotta let Pete Rose in the Hall of Fame," Trump said.

Keith Maupin, father of deceased Army Staff Sgt. Matt Maupin addressed Trump, asking for a clarification.

"I came here because you made a comment to John McCain, that you don't think captured soldiers are heroes. What I want you to do is clarify that," Maupin said.

Trump told him, "They are heroes. They are really heroes."

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Trump closed his time in West Chester by reminding those in attendance that he can make "great deals."

"We are going to start winning again. We are going to be the smart country. Right now we are not respected," he said. "We are going to win so much, you're going to be so happy. You're going to remember this day, but more importantly you're going to remember Tuesday."

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Earlier reporting: Donald Trump arrived 60 minutes later than scheduled for his campaign stop in West Chester Sunday afternoon.

Before he arrived, Sheriff Richard K. Jones spoke to the gathered crowed in the Savannah Center in West Chester ahead of presidential candidate Donald Trump's arrival Sunday afternoon.

"We are supporting someone we want," Jones said. "Not someone in a smoke-filled, dark room at a convention choosing our president. Don't let that happen."

Jones also said he disagrees with Ohio Gov. John Kasich about the state of affairs in Ohio and the governor's stance on Senate Bill 5.

As of 2:50 p.m., Trump had not arrived at the event center.

More than a thousand supporters arrived Sunday ahead of Trump's visit to the Savannah Center in West Chester and not everyone made it inside.

Trump was scheduled to arrive at 2 p.m. and the doors opened to supporters at 11 a.m. Security at at the Savannah Center began turning away those in line around 1:30 p.m. The event center lists its maximum occupancy as 1,700, but the rally is to be held in a room with a maximum occupancy of 1,200.

Trump supporters left outside briefly had to be separated from protesters by police just before 2 p.m. Eighteen police officers formed a line between the Trump supporters and protesters ahead of his scheduled 2 p.m. arrival.

As of 1 p.m., far more than 1,000 people were braving the light West Chester rain in anticipation of Trump's arrival.

Daniel Kreider of Colerain along with his wife, Peggy, and 9-year-old son Fergus, were standing in line ahead of the rally.

"We were on board right from the beginning with the big thing that he's going to secure our border, keep us safe," Daniel Kreider said. "I really believe that. Plus he's a business man and if you look at all the candidates he has actually done it. He is a success."

Joanne "Boots" Preston of Maineville also supports Trump because of his business acumen.

"He understands how to deal with people," Preston said. "I don't think he actually meant (comments some have taken as racist). I come out with the wrong words sometimes."

Preston added that she likes Kasich, but the country needs someone "stronger."

Around 50 protesters also arrived early to The Savannah Center, occasionally exchanging barbs and chants with Trump supporters in the drizzle. Protesters told an Enquirer reporter they worked with police to have a designated protesting area.

Not everyone outside the Savannah Center was neatly in the camp for or the camp against Trump.

"I have a different opinion on what I hear Trump saying. I'm not definitely a Trump supporter, but I take a lot of what he says as tongue-in-check, not literally, I guess," Jim Powers, 55, of West Chester said. "He's interesting because he seems genuine. He's not a life-long, career politician. We've given the life-long, career politicians plenty of opportunity and man, I can't imagine either side agrees we are where we want to be."

While some exchanges between Trump supporters and protesters were contentious, there were some constructive conversations being had.

Robert Coyle, a protester, described his personal interaction with a Trump supporter as a "peaceful one, but positive? No."

"You have different coalitions of people getting together for different reasons here," Coyle said. "Everyone has their own reasons to be here."

Coyle said he was protesting the hatred that is the campaign.

Butler County Sheriff Richard K. Jones arrived at the Trump campaign stop just after noon Sunday, according to his Twitter account. The outspoken sheriff tweeted that he may be giving a speech ahead of Trump's arrival.

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Previous report: Donald Trump is no longer planning a rally in Downtown on Sunday afternoon. Instead, Trump has now scheduled a campaign stop in West Chester at 2 p.m. on Sunday.

Trump's campaign is calling it a town hall meeting at the Savannah Center, which holds up to 1,700 people, according to the venue's website.

Ticket information is on Trump's campaign website.

The Secret Service security supporting the GOP presidential front runner's campaign could not complete its preparation work in time to hold the event at the Duke Energy Convention Center, said Eric Deters, a local spokesman for Trump's campaign.

"Trump wants to come here, and the campaign is still looking to find a location for either Sunday or Monday," Deters said.

However, Trump spokeswoman Hope Hicks later told Reuters, "We don't know Eric Deters. There has been no cancellation."

Trump's previous Ohio stop was in Dayton on Saturday morning. The event was scheduled to be held at Dayton International Airport. Hours before the Chicago event was scheduled to start, hundreds of people lined up outside the arena at the University of Illinois at Chicago – a civil and immigrant rights organizing hub with large minority student populations. Trump backers were separated from an equally large crowd of anti-Trump protesters by a heavy police presence and barricades. Another rally scheduled for Friday in Chicago was postponed because of safety concerns. Supporters and protesters clashed at a campus arena where the rally was supposed to take place.

There appears to still be openings in Trump's schedule on Sunday and Monday. Trump is scheduled for Sunday events in Bloomington, Illinois, at 10 a.m. and Boca Raton, Florida at 6 p.m., according to his campaign website.

The billionaire real estate developer is scheduled to hold a rally in Doral, Florida, on Monday night.

Trump also planned to hold rally in Cleveland on Saturday afternoon.

The campaign had reserved Duke Energy Convention Center to hold a rally from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Sunday. City officials also said the campaign had inquired about holding a rally at Lunken Airport, but the city does not have enough parking to accommodate thousands of people at the East End airfield.

Holding a rally at Lunken would have been logistically easier for the Trump campaign, which recently held an event next to Trump's private plane at an airport hangar in Columbus.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.