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Trump Launches 32-Day Texas And Oklahoma Campaign Blitz For November Midterms
Trump launches a 32-day campaign blitz with Texas and Oklahoma stops ahead of midterms. VP JD Vance joins Trump in GOP strongholds to boost lagging enthusiasm before elections.
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8 of 10 outlets skipped it: oklahoma rally will be held on the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.
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32-day blitz begins
Donald Trump began a 32-day campaign blitz on Thursday with stops in Texas and Oklahoma as he sought to bolster Republican candidates in November's midterm elections. Trump planned to campaign in a number of competitive House of Representatives and Senate races, while some Republican candidates were unsure whether that would help or hurt them.
Trump told supporters at a White House event on Wednesday that he had done a bad job so far in selling his economic record since returning to the White House in January 2025, and he said on Thursday, "We have the greatest numbers of any president in the history of our country, and I can't get the word out." Trump also framed the schedule as personal commitment, telling supporters at a Peterbilt truck factory in north Texas, "My heart is in it like never before."
Rain forces motorcade
Rain forced Trump to trade a short flight for a drive from Denton to a rally in Durant, Oklahoma, and back, after weather made landing at Durant Regional Airport impossible.
Trump told the crowd in Durant that planes and helicopters could not land and that "so we’re driving up from Texas," and he also wrote that the Beast was going faster than it ever had.
The Hill said press traveling with the president noted that the vans reached speeds of 98 mph, and it reported that Trump showed up about two hours late in Durant.
Trump told the crowd that he refused to cancel the stop entirely, saying, "They said, 'We could go close to 100 miles per hour,'" and he added, "Get your a‑‑es in that car. We’re going to Oklahoma."
Midterms, polls, and stakes
Al Jazeera reported that an Associated Press and the NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll found that 71 percent of Americans disapprove of the war, and it said only 26 percent approved of Trump's handling of the economy. Trump planned to tout his tariff and trade agenda in Denton, and the administration said Trump's truck tariffs helped spur job growth, including "add more than 2,000 jobs nationwide, including some 1,000 at the Texas plant."
Reuters also said diesel prices and gas costs were rising, with diesel hitting a record high of $5.97 per gallon two weeks ago and average gas costs up almost 44% at $3.92 per gallon compared to this time last year, according to AAA. Trump warned that if Republicans did not win, "they’ll end up impeaching me," as he told the crowd he was trying to ensure the midterms did not derail his legislative agenda.