President Donald Trump, once capable of filling stadiums with his rallies, appears to be scaling down his venue choices — and the size of his latest campaign stop is drawing attention from a correspondent who has covered him for years.

NBC News Chief White House Correspondent Garrett Haake, who has covered "dozens if not hundreds" of Trump rallies, expressed surprise at the size of the venue selected for the president's latest campaign event, saying he could not recall ever seeing the president speak in such a small space, Mediaite reports.

"I've covered dozens if not hundreds of Trump rallies and I can't recall him ever holding one in a room as small as this arena in Chillicothe, Ohio," Haake wrote on X. "It'll be packed and loud — but maybe 1000 people will fit."

Trump is in Chillicothe, Ohio, for a Wednesday night rally as part of a national effort to ramp up MAGA interest in Republican candidates ahead of next week's midterm elections. According to Mediaite, the president is expected to promote Sen. Jon Husted (R-OH), who is facing a tough battle against popular Democrat Sherrod Brown, and Vivek Ramaswamy, who appears to be running a difficult campaign for governor against Democrat Amy Acton.

The event is being held at an indoor athletic facility on Ohio University's Chillicothe campus.

The size of the venue quickly prompted ridicule online. "It looks like a high school gym?" one critic asked under Haake's post. "Elementary school more like it," another countered.

The small venue stands in contrast to Trump's previous trip to Ohio. On Oct. 12, he stopped in Youngstown, where he first remarked — in a story he has since repeated — that he "started examining" Husted's body after learning he had been an All-American defensive back at the University of Dayton, adding, "I watched up and down. I looked at his a--, and I looked at the whole — and then I looked at his hands," according to Mediaite.

Ramaswamy, the other Republican Trump plans to rally for on Wednesday night, does not appear to be faring well, according to new internal polling. Per Axios, Democratic candidate Amy Acton has widened her lead over Ramaswamy after his campaign aired a personal attack ad that drew bipartisan outrage.

"Republicans fear that Vivek Ramaswamy's explosive attack ad featuring his opponent's estranged mother could cost them the Ohio governor's race, based on new internal polling that shows him falling further behind," Axios reported. Both the Senate contest between Husted and Brown and the governor's race between Ramaswamy and Acton will be settled when Ohio voters cast their ballots in next week's midterms.