WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is making his second trip to an important battleground this week, touring Wisconsin on Thursday, and polls show he lost to former vice president Joe Biden in this fall's election.
Trump is heading to the Northeast of Badger State, where he will be visiting the Fincantieri Marinette Marine. Shipbuilder was recently awarded a $ 5.5 billion federal contract to build guided missile warships for the Navy, a deal that will enable the company's employees to work for the next two decades and hire 1,000 new workers.
Trump will also stop in Green Bay, where he will tape a town hall meeting with Fox News host Sean Hannity.
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Although not an official campaign trip, the events provide an opportunity for Trump to confront voters in a state crucial to deciding the November election.
Trump's first visit to Wisconsin since January - two days after Vice President Mike Pence appeared in the state - showed evangelical voters in court.
Both Trump and Biden hope that Trump wins the state four years ago after winning Wisconsin this November and handed it to Republicans for the first time in years.
Trump won Wisconsin by less than 1 percent in 2016, which helped give him an edge in the electoral college and led to the presidency. The Marquette University Law School poll released Wednesday showed that Biden had an eight-point lead in this year's presidential race.
Across the country, the political landscape is more obscure for the president.
The New York Times / Siena College poll released on Wednesday outpaced Trump Biden by 14 points, with the former vice president holding the biggest lead so far in dozens of national elections this month.
Trump is attempting to step back in the wake of a political rally last Saturday that discouraged Trump's number of people speaking less than expected in a half-empty area of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Trump traveled to Swing State Arizona on Tuesday, where he surveyed a portion of the border wall along the US-Mexico border and chased away a group of young people at a campaign-style rally in Megachurch, Phoenix.
Trump has recently stopped in other swing states, including Michigan and Pennsylvania, to show American companies.
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