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Trump’s flip-flop and freakout over weekend rallies reveal a president in panic mode

The Independent·Andrew Feinberg·1 day ago
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W ith days to go until what polls indicate will be a brutal midterm election for President Donald Trump and his Republican Party , the man who has implored MAGA voters to “pretend I’m on the ballot” is starting to panic.

On Friday, White House sources let it be known that the president would indeed be traveling to Kansas and Iowa for a pair of his signature MAGA rallies in support of Senate candidates Roger Marshall and Ashley Hinson, marking a sudden U-turn in strategy after having scrapped those plans for a relatively leisurely weekend at his Palm Beach, Florida getaway.

It was an uncharacteristic reversal of a decision he’d made less than a day earlier, when he cancelled plans for the midwestern campaign swing, with aides instead arguing that he would be equally effective doing “tele-rallies” — effectively large-scale campaign conference calls for supporters who sign up and dial in to hear him and other speakers by phone — in hopes of getting out the vote before Tuesday’s balloting.

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