FILE PHOTO: U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. August 20, 2024 and former U.S. President Donald Trump in Bedminster, New Jersey, U.S., August 15, 2024 are seen in a combination of file photographs. REUTERS/Marco Bello, Jeenah Moon/File Photo
GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan (Reuters) -Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump are barreling through the battleground state of Michigan on Friday, where opinion polls show the U.S. presidential candidates are essentially tied just 18 days before the Nov. 5 election.
Former President Trump is due to speak in Auburn Hills, a city in Oakland County, north of Detroit, which President Joe Biden won by a comfortable margin in 2020. He'll also return to Detroit - Michigan's largest city - for a rally around 7 p.m. (2300 GMT), after saying on Oct. 10 that the rest of the United States would turn into Detroit if Harris won.
