Donald Trump returns Saturday for a campaign rally in North Carolina, where the former president is confronting a mess he played a key role in making in the critical battleground state.

If Donald Trump wishes to win North Carolina, he’ll need to win voters like Mike Mowatt. In many ways, Mowatt is the prototype swing voter in this swing state: He’s retired, and North Carolina will have more 65-and-up voters this cycle than ever.

Trump will be campaigning in Wilmington without Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson following a CNN report about his alleged posts on a pornography website’s message board.

The former president did not mention Mr. Robinson, the state’s embattled Republican nominee for governor, whom he once called “Martin Luther King on steroids.”

Trump did not mention Robinson − his party's nominee for governor of a key state − before or during an airport rally in Wilmington, North Carolina, two days after a bombshell news report about Robinson's online habits threatened Trump's chances in a key battleground.

Donald Trump delivered a speech attacking rival Kamala Harris and detailing his campaign pledges during a visit to North Carolina, while avoiding mention of the state’s Republican gubernatorial nominee Mark Robinson and the firestorm surrounding his candidacy.

Donald Trump sidestepped the controversy over online comments linked to North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson at a campaign event in the state Saturday.

While the Republican nominee for NC governor is not expected in Wilmington Saturday, his campaign said he will be at a meet and greet in Fayetteville.

North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson will not appear at former President Donald Trump’s rally in the eastern part of his state after a CNN report about his alleged posts on a pornography website’s me