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Alex Leary, Natalie Andrews and Philip Wegmann report on protesters, investment pledges and an exchange with Barack Obama as the president works to drive Republican turnout.
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Story of Why this story? One of The Wall Street Journal's most watched videos since yesterday, with 135,315 views.
Seven Rallies in Seven Days: We Follow Trump’s Big Midterm Push
Seven rallies in seven days, a week before the midterms: The Wall Street Journal sent three White House reporters on the road with President Trump, and their report has become the channel's most watched new video since yesterday, with about 135,000 views.
The trip begins in Park City, Kansas, where Trump tells the crowd, "You have to do this November 3rd, whatever you do, get out and vote." In Greenville, North Carolina, Natalie Andrews follows Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick onto the stage to promote a semiconductor plant. "They're going to build it right here in North Carolina, hundreds of millions of dollars," he says.
In Pendleton, South Carolina, Philip Wegmann watches protesters repeatedly interrupt the president before they are escorted out. Trump responds from the podium that they are paid: "They're a bunch of fakers, they're terrible people."
The report then moves to Sioux City, Iowa, where Andrews describes tight races and interviews rallygoer Greg Sober, and on to a packed university gym in Fort Myers, Florida. In Perry, Georgia, Alex Leary covers Trump's exchange with Barack Obama, who has been campaigning for Democrats. Obama says the current president "chose to make a series of bad decisions," while Trump tells his audience that Audi has committed to invest $4.2 billion in nearby Macon.
Leary closes the report in Port Huron, Michigan. In his assessment, Trump's strategy depends on turning out his base, while his approval ratings remain low as Election Day approaches. The comment section filled up far faster than is usual for the channel.
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- Channel
- The Wall Street Journal
- Subscribers
- 6,720,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 11,165,969
- Channel views, pace per day
- 1,927,384 (on a normal day: 1,335,916)
- Video published
- October 26, 2026
- Video views so far
- 140,640 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 135,283
The numbers
This report from the campaign trail is the most watched of The Wall Street Journal's latest uploads.
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Port Huron, Michigan, the last stop in the report, sits at the southern end of which Great Lake?
Port Huron lies where Lake Huron empties into the St. Clair River, which gives the city its name.