Tied to the White House because of the coronavirus, President Donald Trump hits the road Tuesday by heading to Arizona for his most extensive trip …
Tied to the White House because of the coronavirus, President Donald Trump hits the road Tuesday by heading to Arizona for his most extensive trip since the start of the pandemic.
Trump will visit a Honeywell aerospace facility in Phoenix that is making respirator masks for health care workers on the first in what may be a series of trips designed to highlight efforts to fight the coronavirus.
“We’re going to start to move around, » Trump told supporters last week, adding that he also wants to resume reelection campaign rallies as soon as possible.
Arizona figures to be an important part of Trump’s campaign strategy. He carried the state in 2016, but recent polls show him in a close contest this year with presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
Trump held a campaign rally in Phoenix on Feb.19, just before the surge of coronavirus cases.
Before a tour of the Honeywell plant, Trump also plans to participate in a roundtable on Native American issues. Presidential counselor Kellyanne Conway told reporters that Trump plans to make a new federal commitment to help tribes address the problems of missing and murdered women.
As for why Trump is visiting an important political state, Conway said Trump « looks at the entire country as a battleground.
