President to visit truck facility in Pennsylvania battleground district

The president is scheduled to visit a truck manufacturing facility in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, marking the first major public appearance outside the capital since an interim agreement was signed to end the Iran conflict. The stop at the Allentown-area plant is intended to shift focus toward the U.S. economy, officials said.

The facility lies in a congressional district where Republicans are defending a seat in November.

The district is viewed by both parties as competitive, with the incumbent Republican facing a Democratic challenger backed by the state’s Democratic governor. A June poll by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research showed approval of the president’s handling of the economy.

The same survey found that 65% of adults disapprove of the president’s approach to Iran, unchanged from the previous month.

Officials are seeking to place the conflict behind them before voters render judgment in the fall. The president’s predecessor also visited the same facility while in office to highlight manufacturing regulations. Manufacturing employment nationwide reached its historical peak in 1979.