Sunday 1 November 2026
Trump speaks for two hours in Dubuque, heads to Kansas, and says a concept of a Canada trade deal is in hand
President Trump spoke for about two hours at his rally in Dubuque, Iowa, on Sunday afternoon, campaigning for Senate nominee Ashley Hinson, and then flew on to an evening rally in Salina, Kansas, for Senator Roger Marshall and Kansas Republicans. Before the Iowa rally he told reporters he had spoken with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney again on Saturday and that the two countries have the concept of a new trade deal, one he said would be great for American farmers and for the country. He gave no details. The White House also said Trump will speak at the Reflecting Pool by the Lincoln Memorial on Monday, hours before voters go to the polls.
The Dubuque stop had been cancelled on Thursday and restored on Friday, and it played out as a full rally. Trump took the stage at the Five Flags Event Center in the afternoon and spoke for about two hours, ending his remarks at about 5:37 p.m. Eastern before heading to Salina, where Kansas Republicans including Marshall, Attorney General Kris Kobach and Senate President Ty Masterson, who is running for governor, opened the program at the airport. The two states are Republican ground that Trump won comfortably in 2024, and both have Senate seats his party has to hold. In Iowa, Hinson faces Democrat Josh Turek for the seat Senator Joni Ernst is leaving, in a race that has run closer than expected.
The Canada remark came off the plane in Dubuque, in answer to reporters. "I spoke to him again yesterday, and we have the concept of a deal that's going to be great for our farmers, great for our country," Trump said of Carney. He declined to give details, and no terms, text or timetable were announced by either government on Sunday. A concept is not a signed agreement, and nothing in Sunday's statements changes any tariff or trade rule now in force.
The rally also carried the day's Michigan news onto the stump. Trump praised Representative Haley Stevens for endorsing Republican Mike Rogers, called the move brave, and said he would love for her to switch parties. The campaign closes on Monday at the Reflecting Pool, where a White House official said the president will speak on the eve of the vote. Polls open Tuesday in elections that decide all 435 House seats, 35 Senate seats, and control of Congress for the last two years of his term.
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