Trump campaign seeks to blunt Harris momentum

Former President Trump and his campaign are aggressively ramping up their activity ahead of Labor Day in an effort to get his White House bid back on track and blunt Vice President Harris’s momentum.

In a stark contrast to early August, Trump is sometimes holding multiple events a day and traveling consistently to battleground states. His campaign is putting him in front of smaller crowds in an effort to keep him focused on issues like crime and immigration, with mixed results. 

At the same time, Trump is sitting down for podcast interviews, holding larger rallies and posting on X, formerly known as Twitter, to try and break through the news cycle and reach a wider audience.

The campaign has also sought to shore up key alliances that could prove critical in November. GOP allies helped push for a truce between Trump and Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R), and the campaign secured the endorsement of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whose independent White House bid was pulling votes from Trump in key battleground states.