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The US midterm elections, which will determine the fate of the Trump administration, are just one day away. As the Republican and Democratic parties make a final all-out push in their campaigns, President Trump stated that if he loses Congress to the Democrats, he will become "Mr. Veto."
Jeon Byeong-nam reports from Washington.
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US President Trump visited the battleground states of Iowa and Kansas for the final campaign rallies of the midterm elections.
Iowa and Kansas, which have heavy agricultural sectors, were strongholds that overwhelmingly supported President Trump by a margin of more than 10 percentage points in the previous presidential election. However, Republican candidates are struggling in these areas this election.
Emphasizing "America First" throughout his speech, President Trump appealed to his base by labeling Democratic candidates as "communists" and "jihadists."
[Donald Trump / US President : Well, on November 3, every American patriot must vote and cast the communists and jihadists into political oblivion.]
Claiming that oil prices, the biggest negative factor in the midterm elections, will drop soon, he blamed the previous Biden administration for inflation.
[Donald Trump / US President : When the radical Democrats were in power right before, they handed us the worst inflation in American history, the highest energy prices in American history, and the worst trade deficit in American history.]
President Trump also touted the development project for the Alaska LNG pipeline as an accomplished fact and an achievement, saying, "There are pipelines through which ships go to places like South Korea, Japan, and China."
Along with this, he outlined countermeasures in the event of an election defeat, stating, "If the Democrats take control of Congress, I will become 'Mr. Veto' and actively exercise presidential vetoes."
One day prior, President Trump invited hundreds of people to his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida for an ultra-luxurious Halloween party. The New York Times criticized that while the Republicans were preparing for a potential defeat in the midterm elections, Trump appeared preoccupied with entertaining guests.
(Photo: Yonhap News) (Video Journalist: Oh Jung-shik, Video Editor: Kim Byung-jik, Design: Hwang Se-yeon)
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