Article 6MGJN Trump trades New York worries for hit of adulation from his Maga faithful

Trump trades New York worries for hit of adulation from his Maga faithful

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David Smith in Freeland, Michigan
from US news | The Guardian on (#6MGJN)

On a day off from his criminal trial, the ex-president hit the campaign trail - and ran through his familiar litany of falsehoods and complaints

At a remote rural airport in Michigan, an outsized plane touched down as music from Tom Cruise's film Top Gun boomed from loudspeakers. Late afternoon sunshine gleamed off five giant golden letters on the plane's side - TRUMP" - and its Rolls Royce engines. A crowd bedecked in red roared as the plane rolled to a standstill behind a blue TRUMP" lectern.

A door opened and men in dark glasses and dark suits from what Donald Trump would call central casting" made their way down the stairs. Trump! Trump!" the audience chanted, raising hundreds of camera phones in eager anticipation. Great Balls of Fire, Macho Man and YMCA blared. Finally, the former and would-be future president emerged, clapping and fist pumping to the sound of whoops and cheers and Lee Greenwood's God Bless the USA.

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