Republicans: “They want to mutilate your children” – Trump only advertises with fear

Washington, San Francisco, Palm Beach, Dalton. Donald Trump casually supports himself with his hands on his lectern. Take a short break and look at the audience with a serious expression. Then he gets started: “When you see burning church steeples and blazing fires in France, just remember that this is exactly what the radical Democrats want to do with America,” said the US President at a campaign rally in Kansas earlier this week.

Dozens of his fans stand behind Trump, wearing red caps with the inscription “USA”. They boo as he says these words, shaking their heads to signal how right their idol is on stage. France is being “conquered, looted and burned by jihadists and communists,” Trump added.

Since the beginning of October, the US President has been traveling from state to state to save what can still be saved for the midterm elections on November 3rd. Because in surveys things are looking increasingly worse for the Republican candidates who want to keep their positions in the US Senate or US House of Representatives in Washington or win new ones.

The fact that Trump has to campaign in Kansas at all is just one of the signs of this decline - the US state has not elected a Democratic senator since 1930 and is actually considered deep red.