Politics · United States · 1 day ago
Trump campaigns in Tennessee, touting investment and discussing Iran
President Donald Trump held a campaign rally in Clarksville, Tennessee, on Saturday ahead of the November 3 midterm elections.
He campaigned for Republican Sen.
Bill Hagerty and gubernatorial candidate Marsha Blackburn.
Trump promoted Korea Zinc’s planned $6.6 billion investment in the state, which is expected to create 740 jobs.
The project includes a minerals smelter in Clarksville and reopening a former mine in Gordonsville.
The minerals are intended for use in semiconductors, defense technology and advanced manufacturing.
Trump also spoke about Iran, claiming its military had suffered extensive damage after U.S. operations.
He joked about naming the Strait of Hormuz the “Trump Strait” and suggested an ocean might be called the “Trump Ocean,” but announced no formal renaming plans.
Donald Trump campaigned in Clarksville, Tennessee, on Saturday ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections.
He promoted Korea Zinc’s planned investment of more than $6 billion in Tennessee, expected to create 740 jobs.
Trump campaigned for Republican Sen. Bill Hagerty and gubernatorial candidate Marsha Blackburn.
He called Iranian leaders “crazy” and claimed their rhetoric had softened after U.S. military operations.
Trump also joked about renaming an ocean the “Trump Ocean” or “Ocean of the Americas.”
- Who
- Donald Trump campaigned for Sen. Bill Hagerty and gubernatorial candidate Marsha Blackburn.
- What
- He promoted investment and discussed crime, Iran and possible geographic name changes.
- When
- Saturday, ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections. The article was published Oct. 10, 2026.
- Where
- F&M Bank Arena in Clarksville, Tennessee.
- Why
- To campaign for Republican candidates in the midterm elections.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Tennessee officials announced Korea Zinc’s $6.6 billion project, which they described as the largest single private corporate investment in state history.
Trump spoke at a campaign rally at F&M Bank Arena in Clarksville ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections.
- Investment
- Korea Zinc plans to invest $6.6 billion in Tennessee.
- Jobs
- The project is expected to create 740 jobs across Montgomery and Smith counties.
- Project sites
- Plans include a mineral smelter in Clarksville and reopening a former mine in Gordonsville.
- Campaign targets
- Trump campaigned for Sen. Bill Hagerty and gubernatorial candidate Marsha Blackburn.
- Iran claims
- Trump said 159 Iranian ships had been sunk and the country’s air force and air-defense systems destroyed.
What people are saying
They don't talk that way anymore, by the way
We need a river. We need an ocean.
We are not, and we will never be, one nation under Mohammed, because we are, and we always will be, one nation under God
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