President Trump Donald John TrumpSteele Dossier sub-source was subject of FBI counterintelligence probe Pelosi slams Trump executive order on pre-existing conditions: It 'isn't worth the paper it's signed on' Trump 'no longer angry' at Romney because of Supreme Court stance MORE will hold a campaign rally next month in Cincinnati, Ohio, as he seeks to defend key Rust Belt states in his reelection bid.

The Trump campaign announced that the president will be joined by Vice President Pence at a "Keep America Great" rally on Aug. 1 at U.S. Bank Arena. It will be Trump's 29th rally in Ohio since he launched his presidential bid in 2015, the campaign said.

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Trump won the state of Ohio by nearly 9 percentage points, or 450,000 votes, in 2016.

The rally will take place one day after the second round of debates for the Democratic presidential field. Twenty of the roughly two dozen candidates vying for the Democratic nomination will take the stage in Detroit over the course of two nights on July 30 and 31.

Trump has one campaign rally scheduled before then; he will stop in in Greenville, N.C., on July 17. It is the same day former special counsel Robert Mueller Robert (Bob) MuellerCNN's Toobin warns McCabe is in 'perilous condition' with emboldened Trump CNN anchor rips Trump over Stone while evoking Clinton-Lynch tarmac meeting The Hill's 12:30 Report: New Hampshire fallout MORE is set to testify before two House committees.

The president is likely to put an emphasis on Rust Belt states in 2020 that were key to his 2016 victory, including Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.