With just 39 days until the US election, President Donald Trump ramped up his campaigning with back-to-back events Friday in battleground states — a frenetic pace in contrast with the more sedate approach of Democratic rival Joe Biden.
The 74-year-old president’s grueling 12-hour, three-state schedule culminated with a nighttime rally in Newport News, Virginia. By that time US media was reporting that he was set to nominate Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, who if confirmed would cement a solid conservative majority on the country’s highest court.
“We are going to be announcing somebody great,” he told the crowd without mentioning a name.
“Tomorrow [Saturday] I think is going to be a big day!” he added, as the crowd roared with approval.
Trump — who trails Biden in national polling and is narrowly behind…