Former President Donald Trump will be speaking to a group of supporters Monday in what will be one of his first Florida speaking engagements since launching his 2024 presidential campaign from his Mar-a-Lago estate in November.
The Presidents Day appearance, at the Hilton Palm Beach Airport hotel, will also mark Trump’s first public remarks since a Republican White House rival, former U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley, announced she will compete with Trump for the GOP nomination next year.
Club 45 is a nonprofit fan club whose goals include supporting the former president’s re-election bid in 2024.
Since he launched his campaign, Trump has waded into traditional early-campaign gatherings with state leaders and activists in smaller group formats, as he did in visits to New Hampshire and South Carolina earlier this year. Those limited, indoor gatherings have been a contrast to Trump’s signature outdoor rallies that, in the past, attracted thousands of supporters.
Trump also has been extremely vocal on his social media platform, Truth Social, where he opines on the few public policy statements he has made, along with general commentary on matters like the ratings of networks he believes are critical of him, and even the Super Bowl halftime performance.
Trump’s social media manager, Daniel Scavino, said the former president on Monday will speak about immigration issues and his re-election campaign. Scavino said that he himself appeared at Club 45 this week and at one point dialed in Trump who spoke through the cellphone as Scavino held it close to the microphone during his own presentation.
“I’ll have a lot of fun talking about how we’re going to rebuild our country, how we’re going to win the election in 2024,” Trump said over the phone. A video of Scavino holding the phone with the former president on the line was posted on the Club 45 Facebook page.