Donald Trump looked out over a crowd of thousands in Hershey, Pennsylvania, and grinned. “I didn’t have to bring J-Lo or Jay-Z, the only way she gets anybody,” the Republican nominee said. “I am here all by myself. Just me. No guitar, no piano, no nothing.” Mr Trump, the reality television host who loves to speak off the cuff, has happily hogged the spotlight, a lone figure criss-crossing the country making his final pitch.
His approach is partly enforced: no celebrities with anything like the star power of Hillary Clinton’s backers have endorsed him and most Republican leaders are wary of or hostile to his candidacy. But his solo tour also fits the message that only he has the strength and will to dismantle the