While he is directly appealing to Americans that the economy is improving, President Trump visited a congressional district Republicans are eyeing in their attempts to keep control the U.S. House.

The President's wide-ranging, 90-minute speech at the Rocky Mount Event Center, blended policy statements with unscripted asides.

President Donald Trump will visit the eastern North Carolina town of Rocky Mount on Friday, the second time this month he will have traveled to a presidential battleground state to focus on the econom

The president's speech in North Carolina included lengthy asides that had little to do with the core message the White House is trying to push about his economic agenda.

“I think she steams them,” he offered at one point, hoping to underscore the violation Melania Trump felt when, in his telling, FBI agents rummaged through the pristine undergarments — “sometimes referred to as panties” — during their 2022 search of Mar-a-Lago.

The president’s words of support for the My Pillow Guy came at a rally in North Carolina. Trump has planned a year of stops ahead of the 2026 midterms.

President Donald Trump plans to give a speech at 9 p.m. Friday in Eastern North Carolina. Check back here for updates from the rally.

Trump campaigns in North Carolina for Michael Whatley's Senate bid as GOP works to keep the Republican seat from Roy Cooper in crucial 2026 midterm battle.