WILMINGTON, North Carolina (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump canceled a campaign rally in Wilmington, North Carolina, on Saturday due to an approaching storm, but told the crowd he would return at a later date.
Trump asked the crowd to leave immediately for safety as lightning flashed at the rally site.
“I’m devastated that this could happen, but we want to keep everyone safe,” Trump told the crowd, his voice carried over loudspeakers at the outdoor rally at an airport in the state. presidential battlefield. Trump called from his private jet about a half-hour before taking the stage.
The event was scheduled to take place after the first week of his secret trial in New York.
(This story has been refiled to correct a typo in paragraph 2)
(Reporting by Tim Reid and Timothy Gardner; Editing by Sandra Maler)
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