US president's decision to restore rallies in Iowa and Kansas follows questions over whether their cancellation signalled a shift in campaign strategy.
US President Donald Trump has restored cancelled campaign rallies in Iowa and Kansas days before November 3 midterm elections, a White House official said.
"Rallies are BACK ON! 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 official said on Friday, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The reversal comes after Trump told reporters on Thursday he did not "feel like I have to go to Kansas," where Republican Senator Roger Marshall faces an unexpectedly competitive race against Democrat Adam Hamilton.
"He is doing very well. We are going to have a strong Tuesday night," Trump said at the time.
The White House official said the rallies had been rearranged to accommodate the tele-rallies recently added to Trump's schedule.
On Friday, Trump will campaign in Florida, hoping to galvanise his supporters in a state he won handily in 2024 but where early voting has tilted toward Democrats.
It will be his latest stop in a state Republicans usually expect to win, following campaign events earlier this week in Mississippi and South Carolina.
Trump reverses course
Trump’s Republican Party said yesterday that he was cancelling two of his final midterm campaign rallies, as the 80-year-old president lashed out at a reporter who asked whether he was tired of travelling.
Instead of the events in Kansas and Iowa, Trump will hold a "large number" of virtual "telerallies" in a series of states, the Republican National Committee said on Thursday.
Republicans are fighting to keep control of Congress in the November 3 midterms. Trump has urged the party to "pretend I'm on the ballot" to maximise turnout.
"With Republicans in a strong position in Kansas and Iowa, previously planned in-person rallies in those states will no longer take place as scheduled," the RNC statement said on Thursday.
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