Trump Closes the Final Weekend in Iowa and Kansas, With His Closing Pitch Set for Monday in Washington

WEST PALM BEACH — President Donald Trump has closed out the final weekend of a turbulent midterm campaign with rallies in two states he has won comfortably in the past, the Associated Press reported. With polling due to take place on Tuesday, Trump appeared in Salina, Kansas, and Dubuque, Iowa, on Sunday, where Republicans in both states are fending off robust challenges from Democrats threatening the party's majorities in the Senate as well as the House of Representatives.

The weekend ran through Palm Beach. The president paused the rallies on Saturday to spend the evening at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida at a jungle-themed Halloween party, the AP reported, before heading to the Midwest. In Iowa, he insisted Republicans are on the verge of sweeping victories on Election Day. In Kansas, Air Force One performed a flyover before landing for an outdoor airport rally at Salina Regional Airport, where he greeted Sen. Roger Marshall on stage; hundreds of people started leaving midway through his nearly 90-minute speech, which did not end until nearly 10 p.m. local time. 'This is our last stop. We're closing it down tonight,' Trump said — he has criss-crossed America since October 1, holding more than two dozen rallies in 19 states.

It is not quite the last word. Trump is scheduled to give his closing pitch of the midterm elections in Washington at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Monday, with more than 54 million votes already cast nationwide. The trips reflect the Republicans' defensive posture, the AP reported, as the elections become a referendum on Trump's second term: outgoing Rep. Don Bacon raised concerns on CNN that the president's tariffs could weigh down the Republican campaign in the Midwest, while Sen. Tim Scott, who chairs the National Republican Senatorial Committee, told NBC there is no doubt the midterm election is about Trump and that his agenda is on the ballot.