At a rally that is preparing for November, Trump takes his marks two years later

Inside, Trump has quietly congratulated Rep. Marsha Blackburn, a Republican locked in a close battle with Phil Bredesen, Democrat and former governor of Tennessee, for the Senate seat of Bob Corker, a retired Republican. who has often criticized Mr. Trump.

"A vote for Marsha is really a vote for me, and everything we stand for," said Trump.

"Your vote in this election will decide which party will control the Senate," he said at another time, adding that Democrats "will invade your streets with criminal aliens."

Mr Trump has multiplied anti-immigrant invectives, repeatedly qualifying immigrants from "foreigners", whom he describes as deriving public benefits from "real Americans in need". The presidential administration has recently put in place a new plan to deny green cards to immigrants who have taken public benefits.

Trump also raised a number of other issues, including insisting that he favor health insurance protections for people with preexisting conditions, while his Justice Ministry supported action on the issue. justice likely to eliminate these protections – a point that he never mentioned. He also returned to two of his favorite topics: his victory in the 2016 elections and the media.

The President recalled in detail how he had been summoned by different states at the party he had won in 2016. It was, according to him, "one of the biggest parties of the history of television, because of you. "

And he used a favorite tactic twice, such as pushing the crowd to turn and boo the media behind them.

"Fighting the media is harder than fighting the Democrats," he said. "But they are equal partners."

Mr Trump insisted that one should not trust polls reported, even though he often cited polls that he likes. "This is called repression!", He said, pointing out that the media was deliberately trying to prevent people from voting. "These are fake polls."

Although he has excoriated the media, the president is also amazed at the attention he receives.

"You know what it's called" earned media, "he said," and I won. "