Trump, 80, is forced to pause a Florida rally to wipe his eye days before the US midterms

Donald Trump pauses his Daytona Beach rally to dip a napkin in water and wipe his eye, telling the crowd 'Do you mind? I got a little thing in my eye'. He had cancelled two weekend rallies in Kansas and Iowa, fuelling speculation about his health four days before the midterms.

President Donald Trump paused his Daytona Beach, Florida rally on Friday to dip a napkin in a cup of water and wipe his eye, telling the crowd: 'Do you mind? I got a thing in my eye — watch this.' The moment, roughly an hour into the event, landed under intense scrutiny days before Tuesday's midterm elections that will decide control of Congress.

Trump pre-empted health questions himself, joking: 'I wish I had little eye drops, but if I did, they'd say I was seriously ill.'

The rally came after Trump abruptly cancelled weekend events in Kansas and Iowa before reinstating both; he is now expected to visit the states on Sunday.

On Thursday, Trump told a Reuters reporter who asked if he cancelled a rally because he was tired: 'You are disgusting. Put yourself in shape. You look like hell.'

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