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Why Donald Trump Came to Bangor

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Donald Trump

Donald Trump was in Bangor Wednesday for his second rally in Maine.

In a speech that stuck pretty closely to what we heard in his trade speech in Pennsylvania Tuesday, Trump took aim at the Trans-Pacific Partnership and said if he’s elected, he’ll withdraw the U.S. from the North American Free Trade Agreement.

Speaking to about 4,000 people, Trump blamed Hillary Clinton for the rise of the Islamic State and a decline in American influence and prosperity.

Trump has been focusing an unusually large amount of attention on Maine this election cycle, and Steve Mistler and Nora Flaherty talk about why there’s a good reason for that.

Nora is originally from the Boston area but has lived in Chicago, Michigan, New York City and at the northern tip of New York state. Nora began working in public radio at Michigan Radio in Ann Arbor and has been an on-air host, a reporter, a digital editor, a producer, and, when they let her, played records.
Journalist Steve Mistler is Maine Public’s chief politics and government correspondent. He is based at the State House.