Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will hold a rally in Bedford, New Hampshire this afternoon.
Trump’s event will take place at the NH Sportsplex beginning at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time. It can be viewed in the embedded YouTube player via Right Side Broadcasting.
The Republican nominee speaks to supporters today in the midst of a difficult news cycle for the campaign. Over the past few days, many of those within Trump’s inner circle have been conceding that he did not perform well in the presidential debate on Monday, something that has made Trump himself rather angry.
According to CNN, Trump recently held a conference call with his allies during which he made clear that he is upset that his aides had said he did not do well in the debate, and he demanded they make an “energetic defense” of his performance going forward.
Trump has also been dealing with controversy involving Alicia Machado, a Miss Universe contestant who he mocked for being overweight. In a Fox and Friends interview on Tuesday morning, Trump said that Machado gained a “massive amount of weight” and that it was “a real problem.” In an interview with Bill O’Reilly on Wednesday, Trump argued that he was criticizing Machado’s weight because he wanted to prevent her from getting fired.
Trump said, “She did not do well. She had a lot of difficulties. And, you know, they wanted to fire her. The company itself wanted to fire her. I saved her job…I saved her job because they wanted to fire her for putting on so much weight. And it is a beauty contest. You know, I mean, say what you want, Bill, I mean, they know what they’re getting into. It’s a beauty contest.”
In New Hampshire, where Trump pays a visit today, Hillary Clinton is ahead in the polls, beating Trump by five points in Real Clear Politics’ polling average. FiveThirtyEight currently forecasts that Clinton has a 66 percent chance of winning New Hampshire in November.