President Trump is relaunching his reelection bid less than five months before Election Day, using his first rally since the coronavirus put political gatherings on ice to jolt a stalled campaign and reclaim the offensive from presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
Trump’s Saturday rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, his first since March 2, comes one year after kicking off his reelection campaign in Orlando, Florida. Tacitly acknowledging the president’s deteriorated standing amid a pandemic, economic decline, and civil unrest, the Trump campaign is moving to cut into Biden’s lead and reframe the contest. The celebration in Tulsa promises all of the extravagances that marked the beginning of the president’s quest for a second term last June in Florida.
