PRESIDENT Donald Trump is making his way through the US ahead of the midterm elections – but will he visit your area?
The high-stakes midterm elections will decide which party gets control on Capitol Hill, leaving Trump ready to rally as the winners will help shape the final two years of his presidency.
Trump is expected to travel to at least 10 states in the final four weeks of the midterm campaigns, a senior White House official and source with direct knowledge of the president’s travel plans told Politico.
His midterm blitz will include some traditional Senate battlegrounds, including Georgia, Michigan and North Carolina.
The president will also make his way to red states he won in the 2024 election, such as Ohio, Iowa, Kansas and Texas – where Trump-backed candidate Ken Paxton is running for Senate.
He is also expected to go to Alaska, where Vice President JD Vance just visited on Monday ahead of the midterms.
Trump is also expected to make stops in Pennsylvania and Montana, where competitive races for seats in the House are taking place.
“Worst-case scenario is if you don’t hit a place where it needs to be shored up, and three weeks down the line, you’re just scrambling to travel,” said the senior White House official granted anonymity by Politico.
His travel itinerary includes a two-week plan to take a big swing from Washington to Montana, then to Alaska and Las Vegas.
From Vegas, the president will travel to Arizona and then Texas before he heads back to the White House.
Trump is expected to hit Ohio, Georgia and Texas twice, giving Americans an extra chance to see him,
He will be in San Antonio on Wednesday for a rally, the same day Michigan Republicans expected to see Trump for a visit, however, the trip did not come to fruition.
There is, however, one battleground state that the Republican president has no plans to visit: Maine.
In Maine, GOP Senator Susan Collins is fighting against Democrat Troy Jackson for a seat.
Collins is the only incumbent running in a state where former Vice President Kamala Harris secured victory in 2024.
The two sources told Politico that the list of states is subject to change.
“It’s dependent on how some of the polling moves the next couple of weeks. We’re always flexible with our movements,” the White House official explained.
Trump already spent the weekend rallying with Republicans, making stops in Alabama on Friday night before heading to Ohio on Saturday and Nebraska on Monday.
While in Nebraska, Trump touched on the war with Iran, saying there is “a small price to pay for keeping the world safe, keeping our country safe.”
“They can take out a city, let ’em take out Los Angeles, let ’em take out San Diego,” he remarked as the crowd cheered. “This is a very small price to pay.”
“You must vote Republican,” the president told the fired-up crowd at the Pinnacle Bank Expo Center, according to local outlet KOLN.
He also repeated his claim that he will offer $5,000, the so-called Trump Dividend, to US citizens if Republicans secure victory in the midterms.
Trump also brought out Governor Jim Pillen, Senator Pete Ricketts and Representatives Adrian Smith and Mike Flood as he urged rallygoers to vote.
“These are really outstanding people, and you really have to re-elect both of them,” he said.
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