October 31, 2026 — 5:45am

Atlanta: US President Donald Trump revived two midterm election rallies the day after cancelling them in an abrupt change of strategy at the end of a long campaign.

Trump will now hold in-person rallies on Sunday (US time) in the midwestern states of Kansas and Iowa, where Republicans are fighting to hold seats in the US Senate.

Trump tosses hats to a crowd at one of his rallies in Chillicothe, Ohio. AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein

“Rallies are BACK ON!” a White House official said on Friday. “President Trump loves his supporters, and in addition to nearly 20 ​tele-rallies, he will hold back-to-back rallies ​in Kansas and Iowa on Sunday.”

The reversal came less than 24 hours after the Republican National Committee announced Trump’s scheduled rallies would not take place because the party was in a strong position in both those states, and the president would focus on telephone events.

Trump has held rallies nearly every day since the start of October , criss-crossing the country on…