Trump's advisers reportedly want him to give up rallies for a while

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published 8 March 2019

President Trump's advisers want him to give up one of his very favorite activities — for a few months, at least.

As the 2020 campaign season gets started on the Democratic side, Trump is being advised to hold off on delivering his signature rallies for now, with the idea being that his "role as chief executive in dignified settings like the Oval Office and the Rose Garden will carry more weight with voters," Politico reports.

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While Trump is reportedly comfortable with all of this and is making a "conscious effort" to "rise above the Democratic scrum," Politico notes it might be difficult for him to do so considering he recently turned a speech at CPAC into a two-hour campaign rally. Trump told the CPAC crowd he was going "off script" to riff on a wide variety of topics, including his 2016 election victory, because "this is how I got elected," and, "if we don't go off script, our country is in big trouble." He also held a rally just last month in El Paso, Texas.

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Brendan worked as a culture writer at The Week from 2018 to 2023, covering the entertainment industry, including film reviews, television recaps, awards season, the box office, major movie franchises and Hollywood gossip. He has written about film and television for outlets including Bloody Disgusting, Showbiz Cheat Sheet, Heavy and The Celebrity Cafe.

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