Politics & Government

Trump To Visit Bemidji, Minnesota Friday: Time, Schedule

President Donald Trump is visiting Bemidji Friday in hopes that he can persuade Minnesota voters to help reelect him on Nov. 3.

President Donald Trump will visit Minnesota for the sixth time since 2016.
President Donald Trump will visit Minnesota for the sixth time since 2016. (Renee Schiavone/Patch)

BEMIDJI, MN — President Donald Trump will land at the Bemidji Regional Airport in Minnesota just before 5 p.m. Friday for his campaign rally. Since his election, Trump has come to Minnesota six times. Friday will mark his second visit in a month.

Trump's Visit, Schedule

Trump is set to host a "Great American Comeback" rally at an airport in Bemidji Friday. Joe Biden will visit northern Minnesota Friday as well, touring a union training center in Duluth before delivering remarks.

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Trump has been vocal about how close he came to winning Minnesota in 2016. Minnesota hasn't broken for a Republican presidential candidate since 1972, but Trump lost to Hillary Clinton by less than 45,000 votes.

He's said in the past that "one more speech" would have made the difference in 2016.

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Since his election, Trump has come to Minnesota six times. Friday will mark his second visit in a month.

Both Democrats and Republics are making Minnesota a national priority this fall.

Here is the president's schedule for Friday, as released by the White House Office of the Press Secretary, in central standard time:

9 a.m. — In-house pool call

10:45 a.m. — President Trump greets Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah of the State of Kuwait in the Oval Office

11 a.m. — President Trump receives his intelligence briefing in the Oval Office

1 p.m. — President Trump holds a news conference in the James S. Brady briefing room

2:45 p.m. — President Trump leaves the White House for Joint Base Andrews

2:55 p.m. — President Trump arrives at Joint Base Andrews

3:05 p.m. — President Trump departs Washington, D.C., for Bemidji, Minnesota

5:55 p.m. — President Trump arrives at Bemidji Regional Airport in Minnesota

6:00 p.m. — President Trump delivers remarks at a Great American Comeback Event in Bemidji

7:25 p.m. — President Trump leaves Bemidji, Minnesota for Washington, D.C.

9:55 p.m. — President Trump arrives at Joint Base Andrews

10:05 p.m. — President Trump leaves Joint Base Andrews for the White House

10:15 p.m. — President Trump arrives at the White House South Lawn

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