Trump’s final sprint

NBC News and The Independent report that President Donald Trump has scrapped his Saturday rally in Salina, Kansas, and will lean on telephone events instead, a change of course days before Election Day. White House officials told NBC News he intends to hold more than 20 tele-rallies through Tuesday. The Independent says his Sunday Iowa stop was also dropped, while NBC News says no decision has yet been made on the Dubuque event, according to NBC News · The Independent.

The shift follows a month of relentless travel. NBC News counts 22 travel days out of 28 in October, across 19 states, with Trump, 80, getting home after midnight on seven occasions. A GOP source told NBC News requests for his time were so heavy that his phone was "ringing off the hook," and Republicans want to concentrate his reach in tightening battleground races. The Independent notes new polls showing Democrat Adam Hamilton ahead of Republican Senator Roger Marshall in Kansas, 49 to 45 percent, and Republican Congresswoman Ashley Hinson leading Democrat Josh Turek 48 to 46 in Iowa.

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