The tarmac rally Saturday evening was scheduled to be Trump’s first since his criminal trial in New York began this week.
Supporters of former President Donald Trump file out of the scheduled North Carolina rally due to inclement weather. | Chris Seward/APWILMINGTON, North Carolina — After a week confined by the judicial system to a criminal courtroom, former President Donald Trump on Saturday was supposed to get a dose of normalcy. Instead, the skies opened up over his campaign rally, and throngs of disappointed supporters were sent fleeing for their cars just before it started.
“I’m devastated this could happen,” Trump said, his voice booming from the speaker system as he called into the rally a half hour before it was set to begin, lightning striking in the distance and thunder clapping in the sky as he warned the crowd to seek shelter.Not unlike the thunderstorm Saturday, the six-week criminal trial has also put a damper on Trump’s ability to campaign as he would like.
Pat Anderson, who recently moved to the Wilmington area from Colorado, said she had not noticed news coverage this week of Trump’s trial. Malyah Handford, 23, and Joshua Cruz, 18, of Morehead City, walked into the rally explaining that they planned to vote for Trump because of the current high cost of living. “You can’t buy groceries with a paycheck,” Hanford said.“What happened?” Cruz asked.
Asked about any potential Trump convictions, his supporters in North Carolina offered a mix of remarks about how Trump will overcome anything thrown his way, ominous predictions of a public outcry, and, in the case of one Trump fan, a rare suggestion that he might reevaluate his decision. But it wasn’t until Saturday that Trump broke free from the heavily Democratic city he once called home, traveling on his plane to Charlotte for a fundraiser, where he remained as storms loomed over the North Carolina coast.
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