Trump leans into Islamophobia and conspiracy in last-ditch campaign rallies

Trump attacks Muslim politicians Abdul El-Sayed and Ilhan Omar in his two last rallies on the campaign trail.

US President Donald Trump speaks at a midterm campaign rally at Salina Regional airport in Salina, Kansas, on November 1, 2026 [Brendan Smialowski/AFP]

United States President Donald Trump has doubled down on Islamophobic rhetoric and conspiracy theories about the Democratic Party at campaign events in Iowa and Kansas, days before the US votes in crucial midterm elections that will decide who controls Congress during Trump’s last two years as president.

The president repeated his claim that Abdul El-Sayed, a Democratic US Senate hopeful from Michigan, is a “jihadist” at both rallies on Sunday, and joked that if he gets elected, the Senate will have to install metal detectors to scan him before he enters the building.

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“We’ll have a hundred senators, and most of them will go directly [into the Senate]… We’re gonna have to get a special metal detector for Abdul,” Trump said, drawing laughter from the crowd.

He also repeated unfounded claims that El-Sayed is a member of the transnational Muslim Brotherhood, branches of which the US has deemed foreign “terrorist” organisations.

At both events, Trump repeatedly urged his supporters to make sure they go out and vote, asking them to “pretend I’m on the ballot”, as he sought to energise Republican voters ahead of what polling suggests could be a bruising election for the party.

The two rallies were cancelled last week but were suddenly rescheduled . They will be Trump’s final travelling events before the election.

Both speeches were interrupted multiple times by hecklers.

In Iowa, the president said he would “love” Democratic Representative Haley Stevens, who lost to Abdul El-Sayed in the primaries, to switch parties, after she endorsed El-Sayed’s Republican opponent, Mike Rogers.

At both rallies, he took aim at US Representative for Minnesota Ilhan Omar, whom Trump claims, without evidence, was previously married to her brother and had children with him.

In Kansas, Trump attacked the Democratic Senate hopeful Adam Hamilton, a church pastor , for his support for trans rights, and called him a “stiff” who reads his sermons from teleprompters.

The US-Israel war on Iran, the cost of living, immigration, perceived media bias against him, and the administration of former President Joe Biden also featured heavily in Trump’s two speeches.

While Iowa and Kansas are represented mostly by Republican lawmakers, polling suggests Democrats could flip both states.

Kansas has five federal congressional seats up for election in the midterms: one Senate seat and all four House seats. The state last elected a Democratic senator in 1932.

In Iowa, the Senate race is too close to call, but polling suggests that two Iowan state representative seats up for grabs are leaning Democrat.

The US will vote in the midterm elections on November 3.

Supporters watch US President Donald Trump speak at a midterm campaign rally at Five Flags Center in Dubuque, Iowa, on November 1, 2026 [Brendan Smialowski/AFP]

在竞选活动的最后两场集会上，特朗普攻击了穆斯林政治家阿卜杜勒·赛义德和伊尔汗·奥马尔。

2026年11月1日，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普在堪萨斯州萨利纳市萨利纳地区机场举行的中期竞选集会上发表讲话。[Brendan Smialowski/AFP]

美国总统唐纳德·特朗普在爱荷华州和堪萨斯州的竞选活动中，加倍散布仇视伊斯兰教的言论和关于民主党的阴谋论。几天后，美国将举行至关重要的中期选举，这将决定特朗普总统任期最后两年谁将控制国会。

总统在周日的两场集会上再次声称，来自密歇根州的民主党参议员候选人阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德是“圣战分子”，并开玩笑说，如果他当选，参议院将不得不安装金属探测器，在他进入大楼之前对他进行扫描。

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“我们将有100名参议员，其中大多数人将直接进入参议院……我们得给阿卜杜勒准备一个特殊的金属探测器，”特朗普说道，引得人群一阵哄笑。

他还再次毫无根据地声称埃尔-赛义德是跨国穆斯林兄弟会的成员，而美国已将该组织的某些分支机构认定为外国“恐怖”组织。

在这两场活动中，特朗普反复敦促他的支持者们一定要去投票，并要求他们“假装我的名字在选票上”，以此来激励共和党选民。民调显示，共和党这次选举可能会非常艰难。

这两场竞选集会上周被取消，但随后突然重新安排。这将是特朗普在大选前的最后几场巡回活动。

两场演讲都多次遭到起哄者的打断。

在爱荷华州，总统表示，他“非常希望”在初选中输给阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德的民主党众议员海莉·史蒂文斯能够转换党派，此前她已公开支持埃尔-赛义德的共和党对手迈克·罗杰斯。

在这两场集会上，他都抨击了美国明尼苏达州众议员伊尔汗·奥马尔，特朗普毫无证据地声称，奥马尔曾与她的哥哥结婚并育有子女。

在堪萨斯州，特朗普抨击了民主党参议员候选人、教堂牧师亚当·汉密尔顿，因为他支持跨性别者的权利，并称他是一个“死板的人”，只会照着提词器念布道词。

美以对伊朗的战争、生活成本、移民、媒体对他的偏见以及前总统乔·拜登的执政也是特朗普两次演讲的重点内容。

虽然爱荷华州和堪萨斯州的议员大多是共和党人，但民调显示民主党人有可能赢得这两个州。

堪萨斯州在中期选举中将改选五个联邦国会席位：一个参议院席位和全部四个众议院席位。该州上一次选出民主党参议员是在1932年。

在爱荷华州，参议院的竞选结果难以预测，但民调显示，爱荷华州两个待选的州众议员席位倾向于民主党。

美国将于11月3日举行中期选举。

2026年11月1日，在爱荷华州迪比克市的五旗中心，支持者们观看美国总统唐纳德·特朗普在中期竞选集会上发表讲话。[Brendan Smialowski/AFP]