President Donald Trump is scrapping plans to lead rallies this weekend in Iowa and Kansas, which officials say will allow him to hold more telerallies. But that’s a far cry from the last time he was president and fought to get Republican candidates across the finish line. In the final 72 hours before the 2018 midterm elections, on November 6, Trump held seven rallies in as many states, a review of news from the time shows. He went to Montana, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Ohio, Indiana and Missouri. Addressing the cancellation of his rally in Kansas this time, Trump said that Sen. Roger Marshall, the Republican candidate there, was “doing very well.” And he attacked a journalist who asked him about his health. “The reason is I don’t feel like I have to go to Kansas. I’ll go to Florida tomorrow and do it, if anything else comes up,” he said. “But he said, ‘You’re not going to Kansas, sir. Are you feeling all right?’ You’ve been following me for two weeks. “I feel perfect.” Earlier in the day, at a rally, Trump had boasted about how hard he was working on the road. “The only thing I can say is that no president has worked as hard in a midterm term. You know, most presidents, including me, the first few times they take it easy and stay home,” he said.
