Local Politics · Greenville, NC
Trump Rallies NC Republicans at Greenville Airport Ahead of Nov. 3 Election
President Trump spoke Oct. 20, 2026, to roughly 1,500 supporters at Pitt-Greenville Airport in Greenville, N.C., urging voters to elect Republican candidates statewide and tying $5,000 payments to every adult citizen on GOP control of Congress. He also linked pending Camp Lejeune contaminated-water settlements for veterans to the election outcome, claiming his administration delivered $1 billion in cash settlements. The rally came amid national Republican groups pulling ad funding from NC races after the University of Virginia Center for Politics shifted its ratings for the 1st and 11th Congressional Districts to "leans Democrat." Gov. Josh Stein and other Democrats condemned Trump's conditioning of veteran settlements on election results.