WASHINGTON - Unwilling to cede the political stage, President Donald Trump is ramping up his campaign schedule as Democrats begin their national convention, aiming to aggressively counter-program former Vice President Joe Biden's show.Trump was visiting Minnesota and Wisconsin on Monday — the latter the official host state of the entirely virtual Democratic National Convention — to launch a week of travel and political events aiming to blunt the customary polling “bounce” that a candidate gets during their convention week.
The president trails in both public and private surveys less than three months before Election Day.“I have no choice" but to counterprogram Biden this week, Trump told “Fox & Friends” on Monday, pointing to what he says.