Trump to counter DNC with trips to swinging states

President TrumpDonald John TrumpUSPS warns Pennsylvania post-in polls may not be delivered on time to count. Michael Cohen book accuses Trump of corruption, fraud Trump demands post-vote for Florida Congress primary MORE new week will attempt to counter the Democratic National Convention by traveling to three potential swing states to join the attack Joe BidenJoe BidenHarris Hosting Virtual Hollywood Campaign Event co-chair of Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling Trump has plans to accept Republican nomination from the White House lawn. US seizes four ships loaded with Iranian fuel, his presumptive opponent of November.

Trump will visit Minnesota and Wisconsin on Monday and fly to Arizona on Tuesday, the Trump campaign announced. The campaign provided few details about the president’s trip, other than to say that Trump would “mark Joe Biden’s record of failure.”

The president is also expected to appear next Thursday at Biden’s birthplace in Scranton, Pa. Will be, although that trip has yet to be officially announced. That visit would coincide with the day of Biden’s acceptance speech in Delaware.

The events may resemble Trump’s traditional campaign rallies, as they are all meant to be held at or near airport hangars or airports. The Trump campaign has held major rallies in recent months due to the coronavirus pandemic and after an indoor rally in Tulsa, Okla., Expectations of attendance fell short and likely led to an increase in cases in the area.

Trump’s trip is an attempt to save some of the spotlight next week, when a large part of the political world will be watching the Democratic convention. Former President Obama, former First Lady Michelle ObamaMichelle LeVaughn Robinson ObamaBiden, Harris to address Chase Center’s Democratic convention in Delaware Black women are ambitious – that’s why we need more in the choice of history: Kamala Harris joins a long list of forerunners MAY, Sen. Bernie SandersBernie SandersChris Wallace: Trump wrestles with attacks on ‘form-shifter’ Harris Kamala Harris: The outspoken Latinos have seen Biden and Harris as more moderate than Trump and Pence: question MAY (I-Vt.) And others are expected to approach the convention remotely.

The convention was initially intended to be held in Milwaukee, but the personal part was largely dismantled amid health concerns regarding the coronavirus pandemic. In addition to Trump, Vice President Pence will be in Wisconsin on Wednesday.

All four states the president is expected to visit next week are likely to play a key role in determining the outcome of the presidential election. Trump narrowly defeated Wisconsin and Pennsylvania in 2016, winning Arizona by a wider margin over then-Democratic presidential candidate Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonUSPS warns Pennsylvania post-in votes may not be delivered in time to count Senate papers by September without coronavirus relief. Gloria Steinem: Kamala Harris Selection Recognizes ‘Black Women … the Heart and Soul of the Democratic Party’ MORE and narrowly lost Minnesota.

But Trump traps Biden by a wide margin in national polls, and battlefield polls in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Arizona have consistently shown the former vice president with a lead.

The Trump campaign has targeted Minnesota as one of the states they believe is in play to flip in November, but a RealClearPolitics average of polls there shows Biden with a 7-point lead over Trump.