Why Trump is headed into 'the belly of the beast': The strategy behind his blue state stops

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

73% : Trump on Saturday will headline a rally in Coachella, a city in California's Riverside County southeast of Palm Springs that's best known nationally for a music festival that takes place nearby every April.
64% : FORMER PRESIDENT OBAMA HITS THE TRAIL FOR HARRIS IN THE CLOSING STRETCHWith time an extremely precious commodity for the presidential campaigns in the final stretch of a White House showdown in a margin-of-error race with Vice President Kamala Harris, many are wondering why Trump is stopping in blue states, which his chances of carrying are extremely slim to nonexistent.
59% : "Trump is creating a lot of unique and interesting contrast situations that can then be beamed into a mass audience in states that they care about," Hunt said.
50% : It hasn't been done in many decades," Trump said at a rally in Pennsylvania this week, hours after his campaign announced the New York City date.
50% : We're making a play for Virginia," Trump continued, before adding that he's also aiming to compete in Minnesota and New Mexico.
44% : The stop in Coachella may also benefit Trump with Latino voters -- who have been trending towards the GOP in recent years -- not only in southeast California, but more importantly in neighboring Arizona and Nevada, two of the seven crucial battleground states that will likely determine if the former president or Harris wins the 2024 election.
41% : I think that's part of what Trump is doing.
35% : "Hunt argued that Trump is a pro "at creating these moments that penetrate our fractured media environment" and that "voters in Georgia, voters in North Carolina, are certainly going to consume news about Trump's event in Madison Square Garden.
16% : On Friday, Trump stopped in Colorado, and on Tuesday he's scheduled to parachute into Illinois.

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