Trump Cancels Rallies: what Reddit is saying

Trump Cancels Rallies is one of the fastest-rising stories on Reddit right now. Since the first thread appeared at Oct 29, 00:31 UTC, we have counted 33 threads about it in 7 communities, led by r/worldnews, r/politics and r/canada. Combined, those threads hold roughly 47.2K upvotes and 5K comments so far. It is also a rising Google search (“donald trump election” in Google Trends for US).

What the sources report

Here is how the outlets linked in these threads describe what happened, word for word.

• Al Jazeera: Trump reverses course, reinstates cancelled campaign ralliesThe decision marks a sharp reversal after the US president said he didn't feel like he had to hold the events.
• Euronews: EU and Canada to seal broader, deeper alliance in Trump's long shadowThe EU-Canada summit in Montréal will expand cooperation across multiple areas, including trade, investment, supply chains, AI, climate, security and the Arctic, and advance Canada's integration into EU programmes.
• The Hill: Trump cancels midterm rallies in Kansas, IowaPresident Trump will no longer travel to Kansas or Iowa over the weekend to rally voters ahead of Election Day, instead opting for virtual campaign appearances. A White House official confirmed to …
• CTV News: EXCLUSIVE: Hoekstra tells closed-door meeting Canada could be blamed if U.S. midterms go against TrumpPete Hoekstra told a closed-door meeting on Tuesday that Ottawa could be blamed if key races in next week’s midterm elections go against U.S. President Donald Trump’s Republican Party.
• The Independent: Canada and EU announce new alliance in response to hostility from TrumpCarney says Canada could become an EU ‘Associate Member’ as he seeks closer ties with Brussels
• The Guardian: Trump vowed to reduce prices, but his policies have fueled US inflation | Steven Greenhouse‘Even though economists warned that tariffs would be inflationary, Trump has enthusiastically embraced them’

Where Reddit is talking about it

The biggest threads

1. Trump and His Aides Helped Bolsonaro Flee Brazil and Enter U.S.r/worldnews · 22,750 upvotes · 916 comments · Oct 29, 20:06 UTC · The New York Times
2. Trump cancels 2 rallies days ahead of midtermsr/politics · 4,242 upvotes · 511 comments · Oct 30, 02:22 UTC · miamiherald.com
3. 'I feel like I got duped': The young men turning on Trumpr/politics · 2,064 upvotes · 514 comments · Oct 30, 00:19 UTC · CBC News
4. Trump reverses course, reinstates cancelled campaign ralliesr/politics · 2,263 upvotes · 285 comments · Oct 30, 16:22 UTC · aljazeera.com
5. Trump, Sweating Profusely, Tells Reuters Reporter: ‘You Look Like Hell’r/politics · 2,345 upvotes · 176 comments · Oct 29, 23:47 UTC · huffpost.com
6. Trump Phone Durability Test - Its worse than we thought...r/Android · 1,616 upvotes · 186 comments · Oct 29, 00:31 UTC · youtube.com
7. Trump’s Ghastly Halloween Surprise Backfires Spectacularly - Citizens of D.C. said they were scared by the incident.r/politics · 1,303 upvotes · 128 comments · Oct 30, 10:35 UTC · thedailybeast.com
8. Trump Suggests Ilhan Omar, a US Citizen, Doesn’t Have Constitutional Rights - “She goes, ‘I have constitutional rights.’ The arrogance,” Trump said at a rally in Texas.r/politics · 1,216 upvotes · 149 comments · Oct 30, 00:23 UTC · truthout.org
9. Ukraine pauses strikes on Russian refineries after pressure from Trump, WSJ reportsr/worldnews · 1,003 upvotes · 207 comments · Oct 30, 06:51 UTC · Reuters
10. Trump plans to resume strikes on Iran day after midterm electionsr/politics · 839 upvotes · 133 comments · Oct 30, 22:47 UTC · ms.now

Timeline on Reddit

1. Oct 29, 00:31 UTCFirst thread we found, in r/Android ↗: “Trump Phone Durability Test - Its worse than we thought...”
2. Oct 29, 18:21 UTCThe story reaches r/canada ↗: “EXCLUSIVE: Hoekstra tells closed-door meeting Canada could be blamed if U.S. midterms go against Trump”
3. Oct 29, 19:33 UTCThe story reaches r/worldnews: “Trump says won’t ‘take sides’ in Brazil election, but calls it a ‘disgrace’”
4. Oct 29, 20:06 UTCFirst link to The New York Times shared, in r/worldnews.
5. Oct 29, 20:06 UTCThe biggest thread so far is posted in r/worldnews (22,750 upvotes, 916 comments by our last count).
6. Oct 29, 22:59 UTCThe story reaches r/investing: “67% Returns according to Trump”
7. Oct 29, 23:47 UTCThe story reaches r/politics: “Trump, Sweating Profusely, Tells Reuters Reporter: ‘You Look Like Hell’”
8. Oct 30, 23:56 UTCLatest thread in our sample, in r/politics.

How this page is made

SubMouse watches dozens of large, safe-for-work subreddits and Google's trending searches. When several communities start talking about the same event at the same time, we group those threads into one story and publish this page, then refresh it while the story keeps rising. The counts are ours; everything said about the event itself is quoted and credited to the post or outlet it comes from. Claims in Reddit posts are unverified unless an outlet confirms them. Upvote and comment counts come from Reddit's public data via the Arctic Shift archive and can lag. Spotted a mistake? Tell us. Not affiliated with Reddit.