The Republican National Committee announced on 29 October 2026 that Trump would scrap his final weekend in-person rallies in Kansas and Iowa and instead hold more than 20 tele-rallies in at least 19 states before Election Day on 3 November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After a South Carolina rally, Trump was asked by Reuters reporter Jacob Bogage whether skipping Kansas meant he was sick of traveling. Trump replied: “You’re sick to ask that question. You are sick… I don’t feel I have to go to Kansas… I feel perfect. You are disgusting. Put yourself in shape. You look like hell.” He said Kansas Senator Roger Marshall was doing very well. His Florida rally in Daytona Beach on Friday, 30 October, was still planned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Why the story travels is the clip itself. An 80-year-old president, days before the midterms, abandoning the trail and body-shaming a reporter on camera, while polls show even deep-red Kansas and South Carolina unexpectedly tight, is a ready-made viral moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What is confirmed is the RNC cancellations and tele-rally plan, Trump’s quoted outburst, the Marshall versus Adam Hamilton Kansas race, and the Florida rally still planned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What is not confirmed is why he really cancelled. Fatigue or health is the reporter’s question, denied by Trump. The RNC says it is to reach more voters and that Republicans are in a strong position in Kansas and Iowa. Poll leads cited are polls, not election results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A date discrepancy should also be noted. USA Today says the Kansas rally was originally 30 October in Salina, while Al Jazeera, Times Now and others say Salina on Saturday, 31 October, and Dubuque, Iowa, on Sunday, 1 November. This article therefore says this weekend, not a single Salina date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The cancellations come four days before voters decide control of Congress, and they shift the final campaign from big in-person stages to phone rallies, a change that itself becomes part of the closing story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sources: USA Today, 29 Oct 2026; Al Jazeera, 30 Oct 2026; Indian Express, 30 Oct 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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