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Trump flexes power of incumbency in North Carolina trip

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President Donald Trump will use the power of incumbency to his advantage Wednesday, making a personal appearance in a key battleground state on V-J Day to declare the port city of Wilmington, North Carolina a World War II « Heritage City. »
Wilmington, N. C. — President Donald Trump will use the power of incumbency to his advantage Wednesday, making a personal appearance in a key battleground state on V-J Day to declare the port city of Wilmington, North Carolina a World War II “Heritage City.” Congress passed a bill earlier this year that included a provision requiring the secretary of the interior to annually designate one city in the United States as an “American World War II Heritage City.” Wilmington is the first city to get that designation and Trump is not missing the chance to celebrate in person, although White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany insisted earlier this week that “there’s not a political purpose in this visit.” But when he landed in Wilmington, Trump told a few hundred supporters that his Democratic opponent, Joe Biden, is “stone cold crazy.” “We’re making strides, you know, the stock market’s hitting another high,” Trump said, adding that the U.

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