Trump to rally in iconic Madison Square Garden

In nan last week of his campaign, erstwhile President Donald Trump will transverse disconnected a run bucket-list point connected Sunday: a rally successful nan iconic Madison Square Garden. The avid Broadway enthusiast will present a manatee performance, complete pinch philharmonic guests and a big of Republican allies.

It's a infinitesimal Trump has agelong said he wanted to person successful nan authorities wherever he has faced criminal and civilian trials, becoming a convicted felon and mounted a business empire.

"I deliberation it'll beryllium a awesome time, and it's going to beryllium really a ceremony of nan full thing, you know, because it's coming to an extremity a fewer days aft that. The campaigning; I won't run anymore. Then I'll beryllium campaigning to make America great," Trump said astir nan upcoming Madison Square Garden rally during a section power question and reply pinch Cats & Cosby connected Thursday.

In this May 23, 2024 File photo, erstwhile U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during his run rally astatine Crotona Park successful nan South Bronx successful New York City.

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During his civilian fraud trial, Trump decided to voluntarily be his tribunal hearings, splitting clip betwixt nan courtroom and nan run way arsenic he utilized his prosecutions to rally his supporters astir what he based on was a weaponization of government, charges prosecutors person vehemently denied.

He made aggregate smaller run stops during his seven-week criminal proceedings earlier this year, and held a rally in nan Bronx and on Long Island successful an effort to tribunal nan Hispanic and Black voters that dress up a mostly of nan area's population.

In this May 30, 2024 File photo, erstwhile US President Donald Trump aft nan verdict was publication astatine Manhattan criminal tribunal successful New York, US.

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Throughout nan erstwhile president's travels done nan deep-blue Democratic state, he has agelong quipped he could flip New York, a authorities Democrats person won successful nan past 9 elections.

In an arena format symbolizing assurance and personage status, Trump's quality will service arsenic his closing argument. In contrast, Vice President Kamala Harris makes hers connected nan Ellipse successful Washington, D.C., wherever Trump said connected Jan. 6, 2021, up of nan attack connected nan U.S. Capitol connected Jan. 6, 2021.

The erstwhile president, reminiscent of nan past 9 years campaigning for nan highest agency successful nan land, has coined nan arena arsenic a "celebration of nan full thing."

"Well, it's New York, but it's besides benignant of, it's nan extremity of my campaigning. When you think, I mean, I've done it now for 9 years, we've had 2 awesome elections. One was amended than nan other," Trump said.

Fans get for nan crippled betwixt nan New York Rangers and nan Florida Panthers astatine Madison Square Garden October 24, 2024 successful New York City.

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On Sunday, Trump will beryllium joined by respective surrogates who person appeared pinch him connected nan run way -- including North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum and Vivek Ramaswamy. House Speaker Mike Johnson, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise and Conference Chair Elise Stefanik will besides beryllium successful attendance arsenic good arsenic respective family members and donors.

Trump's adjacent friend and philanthropist Steve Witkoff, who was golfing pinch Trump during nan 2nd effort connected his life successful West Palm Beach past month, is besides scheduled to speak astatine nan rally.

Trump's rally successful New York, while not a battleground state, will supply an opportunity to seizure a immense nationalist assemblage fixed nan area's media marketplace and location.

It's a strategy that run officials person been deploying successful nan past agelong of Trump's campaign, seeing benefits successful visiting venues extracurricular of battleground states to thief stress a message.

For illustration connected Friday, Trump visited Texas to item immigration, creating a run divided surface to Harris who was rallying successful Houston later successful nan time for an arena focused connected abortion rights.