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Trump plans midterm tele-rally blitz from Mar-a-Lago after security upgrade with anti-missile defenses: Live updates

The Independent·Brendan Rascius·10 days ago
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President Donald Trump is hunkering down in Mar-a-Lago this weekend for a blitz of telerallies to support struggling Republican candidates across the U.S. before Election Day next week.

Missile defense systems have been deployed near Mar-a-Lago and at the recently renamed Donald J. Trump International Airport in Florida amid what the Secret Service has described as a “heightened threat environment.”

Early voting has jumped in key battleground states as candidates begin a final weekend of midterm campaigns. Nearly 50 million Americans have already voted, outpacing the early voting turnout rate of the 2022 midterm elections.

Changes to Trump’s campaign schedule this weekend followed a brief cancellation of rallies in Kansas and Iowa. The president will now rally in those states on Sunday after GOP officials pulled the plug on the in-person events.

“You know what the reason is? I don’t feel I have to go to Kansas,” Trump snapped at a Reuters reporter on Thursday. “I feel perfect.…

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