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In a preview of the increasingly regular campaign stops he plans to make ahead of the midterms this fall — he may do as many as five a week — Trump largely stuck to his greatest hits Thursday.

On Putin, who the intelligence community concluded likely was aware of Russian attempts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election, the president said the two recently had a \"great meeting\" and \"discussed everything.\" Trump made no mention Thursday of the announcement by leaders of his national security team at the White House briefing that same day that efforts by Russia and other countries to engage in the 2018 midterm elections are ongoing.

\"We got along really well. That's a good thing,\" Trump said.

He also touted the savings he brought home after meeting with NATO leaders and lambasted the press for what he sees as unfair media coverage — pointing at the press, calling the group \"fake, disgusting news\" and \"horrible, horrendous people.\"

It was the second of three rallies around the country on the president’s schedule this week after traveling to Tampa, Florida, to campaign for Republican gubernatorial candidate Rep. Ron Desantis. On Saturday he heads to Ohio, where he’s endorsed Republican state Sen. Troy Balderson in the 12th Congressional District special election.

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PHOTO: Rep. Lou Barletta and Vice President Mike Pence wave to audience members at an America First Policies event in Philadelphia, July 23, 2018.
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Noticeably absent from the Pennsylvania rally was a brewing conspiracy movement that cropped up in the form of widespread t-shirts and signage at the president’s Tuesday rally in Tampa, Florida: the declaration by supporters \"I am Q.\" Though still interspersed in the crowd, mention or support of Q or QAnon was meek.

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PHOTO: A man wearing a shirt with the words "Q Anon" attends a rally for President Donald Trump on July 31, 2018 in Tampa, Fla.
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QAnon claims Trump is defending the country from purported crimes that the Obama and Clinton administration did not, according to available evidence, commit.

In a press briefing the day of the Tampa rally, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders denounced in vague terms the \"violence\" associated with the theory, which metastasized out of a conspiracy that led to gunfire in a pizza shop in Washington, D.C., in 2016.

\"The president condemns and denounces any group that would incite violence against another individual, and certainly doesn’t support groups that would promote that type of behavior. We’ve been clear about that a number of times since the beginning of the administration,\" Sanders said.

But a victory lap had already been announced by the conspiracy's originator, Q, who anonymously and without proof claims to be a government official.

\"You are now mainstream. Handle w/ care,\" the unnamed Q told followers on Wednesday, according to the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard University.

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