Donald Trump Florida rally LIVE: US President speaks in Fort Myers in final midterms push

Trump has come to Florida’s 17th district to help campaign for Greg Steube who is the Republican candidate for the district.

Hours before the arrival of the President, Mr Steube spoke to the crowd and received applause for mentioning his support for the new Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, the Second Amendment and for a wall to be built on the Us-Mexico border.

In addition to the candidate, Laura Trump, the President’s daughter-in-law, also appeared in a video.

Follow below for live updates. All times in GMT.

Thursday November 1

12:08am update: DeSantis attacks his candidate Andrew Gillum

The candidate said that people should vote for him because he is the only candidate who will not raise taxes.

He said that unlike Mr Gillum, he is not under investigation by the FBI.

Mr DeSantis later said that maybe the people of Tallahassee should impeach Mr Gillum.

12:05am update: Trump expresses support for Ron DeSantis 

Before bringing the candidate to the stage, he spoke in favour of Mr DeSantis.

Trump said that Mr DeSantis is the only candidate who will not raise taxes.

12:00am update: Rick Scott discusses voting and supporting Trump

Governor Scott said that Trump has done a lot for the state of Florida.

He also said that people should go vote and early vote if they can.

Wednesday October 31

11:55pm update: Trump says that Florida will come back after the hurricane

Trump said that Florida will come back strong after the hurricane that struck the state earlier this month.

He added that Florida as already coming back. 

11:48pm update: Trump attacks the Democrats

Trump says that the Democrats want to bring drugs and immigration into the country.

He claimed that there were “a lot of rough people” in the caravan.

This was followed by the crowd chanting “Build the wall”.

He added that the government had just paid $1.6billion (£1.23billion) on the wall with another installment to come.

Trump said that they want to build the wall all at once.

11:41pm update: Trump discusses the Middle East

Trump said that he was successful in moving the US embassy to Jerusalem despite it “not being easy”.

He also attacked the Iran Nuclear Deal, calling it “one-sided” and says that his administration has been working to fight against Iran.

Trump attributed people not knowing about this to the “fake news” who, he added, is the “enemy of the people”.

11:38pm update: Trump attacks the media

He said that after returning from visiting Pittsburgh he saw the “far-left media” attacking him.

This was proceeded by the crowd chanting “CNN Sucks”.

The President, then, added that it was the media that is the reason for all of the hate in the country.

11:30pm update: Donald Trump arrives to rally

The President walked into the Hertz stadium in Fort Myers, Florida to the song of “Proud to be an American”.

He takes a moment to talk about the shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue which saw 11 killed.

He also praises the law enforcement who responded to the shooting.