Former US President Donald Trump has arrived this Monday at the skyscraper he owns in New York, the Trump Tower, amid great expectation, when there are only hours left before he appears in court tomorrow for the judge to read the charges.
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Trump arrived at New York’s LaGuardia Airport at 3:30 p.m. local time, and after a few minutes of preparations, he was seen descending the plane’s stairs alone, dressed in his usual blue suit with a red tie. As soon as he disembarked, he got into a van that, escorted by a dozen secret service or police vehicles, headed for downtown Manhattan via Queens and then Harlem. An ambulance was following the convoy throughout the journey.
Trump has entered the skyscraper that bears his name on foot and has waved to the people who were waiting in the street. A few minutes before his arrival, the thirty supporters who were waiting for him in front of Trump Tower, with abundant flags and Trumpist paraphernalia, began to shout “USA, USA, USA” every time a vehicle appeared nearby.
If the followers only added up to thirty, the journalists who had been guarding the place since morning numbered several hundred, separated from the building by several metal fence barriers.
While the major US television networks broadcast Trump’s arrival in New York live, US President Joe Biden gave a speech in Minnesota at a Cummins plant, which manufactures fuel and electricity generation systems. Biden has yet to officially announce whether he will run for re-election in 2024, although he has said he intends to, while Donald Trump is currently the top-ranked Republican candidate. A day after the indictment became known on Thursday, Biden responded to several questions about the matter with the phrase: “I have no comment on Trump.”
The White House is closely monitoring the possibility of violence in the demonstrations called this Tuesday to support Donald Trump before his appearance, despite the fact that so far the protests of support have been very few. This same Monday, some 200 Trump supporters gathered at the Palm Beach airport, in Florida, to say goodbye to the former president before his trip to New York.