Donald Trump ends midterms campaign with bizarre speech about concrete, algae and landscaping

Donald Trump closed out his midterms election campaign with a bizarre event about landscaping, concrete and algae, celebrating his many vanity construction projects.

Just hours before polling opened across the country, with Democrats expected to give Trump's Republicans a thumping, Trump summoned cronies and media to the Lincoln Reflecting Pool to mark its refurbishment.

Trump discussed caulk, rusty pipes and turf for more than 20 minutes before briefly addressing the humiliating defeat he's predicted to be handed tomorrow.

Elsewhere in the country, election candidates in the House, Senate and Governor races held rallies with their final messages to voters.

Abdul El-Sayed, the Democrat candidate for Senate in Michigan, was joined by Senator Elizabeth Warren and rapper Common at a rally in Detroit.

"It shouldn't be this hard," he told the crowd. "It shouldn't be this hard in the richest country in the world to afford a tank of gas. It shouldn't be this hard to pay your