President Trump to hold outdoor rally in Portsmouth on Saturday

Then candidate Donald Trump at one of his early campaign rallies in Alabama. (Courtesy photo)

Editor's note: The Trump rally begins at 8 p.m. on Saturday. An earlier version had the wrong time.

PORTSMOUTH - President Donald Trump will hold an outdoor campaign rally at the Portsmouth International Airport at Pease on Saturday.

The rally will begin at 8 p.m. with all attendees asked to sign a COVID-19 waiver exempting the Trump campaign and Pease officials from liability.

"There will be ample access to hand sanitizer and all attendees will be provided a face mask that they are strongly encouraged to wear," the president's re-election campaign announced.

"President Trump's record-setting accomplishments in record-setting time have improved the lives of all Americans. He rebuilt, restored and renewed our great nation once, and he'll do it again," said Hogan Gidley, the campaign's national press secretary. "We look forward to so many freedom-loving patriots coming to the rally and celebrating America, the greatest country in the history of the world."

Trump narrowly lost New Hampshire to Hillary Clinton in 2016, and could very possibly need it this November when its four electoral votes could spell the difference.

The president was last in New Hampshire on Feb. 10 when he held a rally in Manchester the night before the primary.

Trump was last in Portsmouth on Oct. 15, 2016.

One of his earliest visits to New Hampshire after he announced his candidacy in June 2015 was to Rochester where he visited the Community Center and attracted some 3,000 supporters on Sept. 18.

During a Q & A in a packed, steamy Rochester Community Center, one of the first questions came from a man not far from the stage who referenced that President Obama was a Muslim and not an American.

Then-candidate Trump was immediately criticized for not correcting the man, but on Twitter the next day he defended his actions.

"Am I morally obligated to defend the president every time somebody says something bad or controversial about him? I don't think so!" he said.