US President Donald Trump will defy the risk of triggering a coronavirus outbreak at his first reelection rally in months, hoping the controversial Oklahoma event will instead reignite his misfiring campaign.
The stakes could not be higher - both for the health of the 19,000 people spending several hours at the indoor arena in Tulsa and Mr Trump's political fortunes five months before an election in which he is currently far behind in the polls. "My campaign hasn't started yet.
It starts on Saturday night in Oklahoma!" he tweeted yesterday. This will be the first of Mr Trump's signature rallies - formerly a regular event throughout his presidency - since 2 March, when the country went into lockdown to try to curb the spread of the novel