{"id":2521461,"date":"2025-12-15T16:27:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T21:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-picks-key-senate-state-for-next-affordability-road-stop\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T16:28:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T21:28:51","slug":"trump-picks-key-senate-state-for-next-affordability-road-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-picks-key-senate-state-for-next-affordability-road-stop\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump picks key Senate state for next affordability road stop"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-picks-key-senate-state-for-next-affordability-road-stop%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2521461&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to deliver a speech on Friday in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, marking the second stop in his 2026 midterm election campaign focused on affordability and economic issues. Trump will appear alongside Michael Whatley, his endorsed candidate for the North Carolina Senate race, who encouraged supporters to give Trump a warm welcome.Since November, trump has been emphasizing his economic record, arguing that his policies are lowering costs and promoting American industry, while blaming former President Joe Biden for ongoing inflation. Recently, Trump defended his record during an appearance in Pennsylvania and praised whatley as a key figure in his 2024 election success. Despite thes efforts, recent polls indicate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-lawmakers-call-for-house-hearing-on-court-ordered-conservatorships-say-britney-spears-should-testify\/\" title=\"Republican lawmakers call for House hearing on court ordered conservatorships, say Britney Spears should testify\">growing public concern<\/a> about the economy, with more voters believing the country is headed in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-support-among-hispanics-collapses-spelling-nightmare-scenario-for-democrats\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s Support Among Hispanics Collapses, Spelling \u2018Nightmare Scenario\u2019 For Democrats\">wrong economic direction<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump traveling to key Senate state for next affordability road stop<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2445876\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3912580\/trump-affordability-speech-pennsylvania\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> is expected to deliver remarks on Friday in Rocky Mount, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/north-carolina\/\">North Carolina<\/a>, the second stop in his <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2026-elections\/\">2026 midterm<\/a> messaging campaign.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WhatleyNC\/status\/2000646319447167348\">Michael Whatley<\/a>, the president&rsquo;s hand-picked candidate in North Carolina&rsquo;s Senate race, shared a White House RSVP form for the event on social media Monday afternoon, urging his followers to &ldquo;give him the North Carolina welcome he deserves.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3918286\/trump-negative-reaction-truth-social-post-rob-reiner-trump-derangement-syndrome\/\">Trump faces negative reactions after Truth Social post saying Rob Reiner had &#8216;TDS&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3917454\/alleged-2020-election-fraud-evidence-truckloads-trump\/\">Evidence of alleged 2020 election fraud &#8216;coming out in truckloads,&#8217; Trump says<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3917148\/trump-takes-the-field-army-navy-game\/\">Trump takes the field at Army-Navy game for coin toss, military flyover<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>White House officials confirmed to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that Trump will speak alongside Whatley at 6 p.m. Friday at the Rocky Mount Events Center.<\/p>\n<p>Since November, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3912580\/trump-affordability-speech-pennsylvania\/\">Trump<\/a> has steadily sought to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >downplay general economic concerns<\/a>. Voters consistently listed affordability as their top issue in the 2025 elections, though Trump maintains that his policies are driving down costs and driving new investments in American industry.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, those efforts took Trump to the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3914318\/all-bark-no-bite-trump-work-needed-win-affordability-war\/\">Mount Airy Casino<\/a> in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania, where he defended his economic record and blamed his predecessor, former President Joe Biden, for ongoing inflation.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/as-russia-tries-to-conquer-ukraine-deviants-try-to-conquer-everybody\/\" title=\"As Russia Tries To Conquer Ukraine, Deviants Try To Conquer Everybody\">president propped<\/a> up the &ldquo;fantastic&rdquo; Whatley during his speech at the casino, telling the crowd that the former Republican National Committee chairman was integral to his 2024 general election victory.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3916797\/trump-tribute-miracle-on-ice-hockey-team-digs-somalis-minnesota\/\"><strong>TRUMP DONS COWBOY HAT AND PAYS TRIBUTE TO &lsquo;MIRACLE ON ICE&rsquo; HOCKEY TEAM AS HE DIGS AT MINNESOTA&rsquo;S SOMALI POPULATION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s running against the governor, who&rsquo;s a radical left lunatic, and Michael should win,&rdquo; Trump said at the time. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s hard you beat a two-term governor, but the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washingtons-operating-budget-could-reach-87-billion-by-the-2027-2029-biennium-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Washington\u2019s operating budget could reach  billion by the 2027-2029 biennium - Washington Examiner\">governor didn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t do a good job.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Despite the messaging push, Trump continues to lose ground with voters on the economy. Polling released Monday by CNN showed that the percentage of people who believe the country is on the wrong economic track jumped to 56%, a 13-point increase compared to January.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump heads to NC for next affordability campaign stop<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2521462,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25347856242561.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[18297,5894,62753,3740,3634],"class_list":["post-2521461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-affordability","tag-politics","tag-road-trip","tag-senate","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25347856242561.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2521461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2521461"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2521461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2521465,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2521461\/revisions\/2521465"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2521462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2521461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2521461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2521461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}