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Trump visits Ohio and Kentucky to downplay war’s effect on economy and target a top GOP antagonist
Trump promotes economic policies and affordability efforts while backing a primary challenger against Rep. Thomas Massie ahead of midterm elections.
- On Wednesday, President Donald Trump will visit Ohio and Kentucky to argue his policies can steady an economy facing shock waves from the war on Iran, touring Thermo Fisher Scientific in Cincinnati and a logistics packing facility in Hebron, Kentucky.
- Rising economic unease, reflected in polls and payroll revisions, underpins the trip as Trump will tout efforts to lower prescription drug prices ahead of November midterm elections amid 92,000 jobs cut in February and 69,000 payroll revisions.
- Trump is intervening in a Kentucky primary by endorsing Ed Gallrein, who will appear with him ahead of the May 19 vote against Rep. Thomas Massie, an outspoken Trump critic.
- The administration casts the visits as reassurance on household costs ahead of November, with Karoline Leavitt saying he’ll be 'talking about the economy' to ease voters concerned about affordability.
- As part of a broader travel push, the trip serves as a test of Trump's willingness to punish dissenters in his party after Democrats' Virginia and New Jersey governors' races, following stops in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, and Texas this primary cycle.
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Trump to visit Ohio and Kentucky to downplay war’s effect on economy and target a top GOP antagonist - The Boston Globe
The trip presents an early test of Trump’s ability to cleanse his party of those who oppose him, but also to try and stay on an economic message increasingly strained by the military action launched by the US and Israel against Iran.
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Trump to visit Ohio and Kentucky to downplay war's effect on economy and target a top GOP antagonist
President Donald Trump is visiting Ohio and Kentucky as he tries to steady voters' concerns about the economy and to derail the reelection bid of a Republican rival.
·United States
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