Trump postpones first rally since trial began, due to bad weather

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump called off a campaign rally on Saturday evening — the first since his New York criminal trial began — due to bad weather.

“We want to make sure that everybody is safe above all and so they’ve asked us to ask people to leave the site and seek shelter,” Trump said in a phone call broadcast at the outdoor venue where many of his supporters had gathered under heavy dark clouds.

“There seems to be some thunder and lightning and it’s a pretty big storm. So if you don’t mind, I think we’re gonna have to just do a rain check. I’m so sad.”