Trump votes early in Florida midterms

President Donald Trump cast his ballot in the U.S. midterm elections on Saturday, voting for all Republican candidates in Florida before speaking at a rally in Georgia.

Trump and first lady Melania arrived together at the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections office in West Palm Beach after the president spent the morning at a nearby golf course. He wore an “I Voted” sticker and told reporters he voted “very much so” along the party line.

During the visit, Trump defended an Ohio gubernatorial ad featuring the estranged mother of Democratic rival Dr. Amy Acton, and reiterated his administration’s lawsuit to block certification of an Alaska Senate race if Republican Senator Dan Sullivan were to lose.

The former president also commented on the war in Iran, saying he might “finish it off” or that a deal could be reached, but expressed confidence that the United States would “win”.

Melania Trump, who recently helped broker a cease‑fire in the Russian‑occupied Ukrainian city of Oleshky to allow humanitarian aid, was asked about a possible trip to Ukraine.

In Florida, Trump endorsed Republican Rep. Byron Donalds in the race to succeed term‑limited Governor Ron DeSantis, and campaigned for Republican Sen. Ashley Moody for the remainder of Marco Rubio’s former Senate term against progressive state lawmaker Angie Nixon.

Source: ABC News. Photo: Edmond Dantès / Pexels.