President Donald Trump is campaigning in Ohio on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, headlining a midterm rally in Chillicothe as Republicans fight to hold ground in a state that has become a regular stop on his campaign trail.
The rally is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. at Ohio University's Shoemaker Center in Chillicothe. It is Trump's third visit to Ohio in recent weeks, following stops near Dayton and Youngstown, as well as a visit across the river in northern Kentucky. The trip also puts a spotlight on Ohio's Senate race, where former Senator Sherrod Brown is seeking a comeback against Senator Jon Husted, who was appointed to serve the remainder of Vice President JD Vance's Senate term.
Ahead of the visit, the Federal Aviation Administration issued temporary flight restrictions around Rickenbacker International Airport, in place from 3:30 p.m. to 11:15 p.m. on October 28, along with a restriction over Chillicothe from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Local officials also announced road and trail closures in Chillicothe during the day. Airport officials said commercial flights in Columbus would not be disrupted.
Separately, defeated Brazilian presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro arrived in Miami, Florida, on Wednesday with his family after leaving Brazil following Sunday's runoff election, in which incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva staged a comeback. Bolsonaro had not conceded and had refused a court order to surrender his passports, according to reports.
Asked late Tuesday about Bolsonaro coming to the United States, Trump told reporters, "Well, I would approve," adding that he knew both Lula and Flavio Bolsonaro and had not taken sides in the election. A senior US State Department official had said the United States would grant entry visas to Bolsonaro and his family, Reuters reported.
On foreign policy, Trump also said on his return from campaign events in Texas that Iran had sought a deal with Washington but was delaying talks, saying it was "a question of when do I want to end it." He added that he hoped to meet soon with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, saying he believed significant progress had been made toward resolving the war in Ukraine. Russian officials have said Moscow is ready to resume US-mediated talks next month.
With less than a week until the November 3 midterm elections, Wednesday's Ohio rally is one of Trump's final campaign pushes in a competitive battleground state.
Sources: The Columbus Dispatch, Reuters, New York Post, Republic World.
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