DAYTONA, Fla. — with spectators in red hats, waving American flags, and holding Trump signs inside and outside the Daytona International Speedway.
Both Trump and the campaign are keenly aware of the importance of keeping the support of both NASCAR fans and Florida voters. The president narrowly won his recently-declared home state in 2016, and he maintains a tenuous Before Trump even stepped foot inside the massive racetrack, he grabbed the attention of the sold-out stadium with an Air Force One fly-by.
Trump was courted by Rep. Michael Waltz , who represents the area in Congress, to be the first sitting president to serve as Grand Marshal for the Daytona 500 and the 62nd running of “The Great American Race” — a special honor with the famed responsibility of giving the “start your engines” command. “We were talking about taking the limo on a lap around the track and he said that would be amazing,” Waltz said. “I told him you’re not going to see any kneeling here.”
The president, who calls himself a fan of the sport, has wooed NASCAR owners and drivers as president. During his 2016 presidential run, Trump was endorsed by former NASCAR CEO Robert France, he awarded Roger Penske the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2019 and hosted 2018 NASCAR Cup Series Champion Joey Logano at the White House.
Trump believes that the NASCAR fans are too stupid to realize he's a con man and a crook.
Oh, and it is the not the first time a race at Daytona has been affected by rain.
Trump is not the first president to attend a race at Daytona.
We Tax payers got stuck with the Bill---------------------
Pretty damn big one 😂
Nope. He messed that up too. Look at how the Beasts suspension system is contorted. On another subject, has he shown concern for Mississippi's floods?
In other words: Trump gets lots of support at world’s whitest sporting event Shocking
IT WAS A CAMPAIGN EVENT!
the car race was obviously co-opted as a political rally. it was good PR-the kind Trump likes. it trumped anything the Dems could do. captive audience in person & online and on tv. can't get better than that for the GOP!
It was bullshite Couldn’t stand seeing him
Another presidential waste of our tax dollars.
We KNOW this. We know how he manipulates his base. We know what he says at his rallies. Can’t you find anything better to report? How about something we don’t know. Like where are the children? When will we stop gun violence? How about the many without food, housing, healthcare?
It was a campaign event
“Tires will screech, rubber will burn, fans will scream, and the great American race will begin...” So, am I to understand that all this carnage occurs BEFORE the race even starts?
Paid for by the American taxpayer
Bloomberg, Sanders and Warren would be as comfortable as a cat on a hot tin roof hanging with the deplorables at a NASCAR race. They don’t get the average American
Snake OBama used the drugged out Hollywood crowd
That was great that we could see the support of NASCAR as a place people can come together praise America for a change. It was so great to hear the children singing it was beautiful and the fly over gave chills down my spine. A great Americana day! the rain was called for it came
The presidential limo and Air Force 1 are not props. IT’S AGAINST THE LAW! He had no official govt business today. TRUMP BROKE THE LAW USING TAXPAYER FUNDED GOV’T PROPERTY FOR HIS CAMPAIGN STUNTS.
lotsa white, lotsa southern, lotsa redneck makes for a perfect IMPOTUS MAGA cult rally
Uuhhh, not a shocker. Trump cares nothing about NASCAR, less about religion, but exploits both to his advantage. Fitying that the race had to be cancelled as neither Hazmat nor the rain were unable to remove his stench.
🤮🤮🤮
And the American people pay for this?
Super Duschbag. Keep spending the taxpayers money. Play golf in Daytona with your friends while you were there and charge it to your stupid voters? And the rest of us?
Like a campaign event but paid for by tax payers
. WTF? Not a Campaign Event? Sure. .
Taxpayers paid for it
I watched. Don't build up his reception. It was actually mild, not a big yahoo for Trump. People are not stupid. This was another made for TV show. It failed, just like the others.
DevinNunes Spotted in CA!
Anything to be the center of attention. He can't get enough of it.
Love to see the FAA paperwork approving a low fly over Daytona residential.
Free campaigning so he can keep the campaign money raised for himself!What happened to the investigation of his 2016 campaign financial fund,Barr stopped it !
Gross
Yep. No teeth and about 2000 warrants for arrest in the crowd
Why is a frown his wife’s resting face? 😞😞😞😞😞😁😞😞😞😞😞😁😞😞😒☹️😞😁. Isn’t she getting paid enough to keep it up?
Yes it was a campaign event.
Fuck nascar
The tRump touch !! Rained out !
Everything tRump touches dies !! I am not surprised it was rained out !
he could show off all his 'toys' that the overburdened taxpayers afforded him, then he can speak to a hostage, paying audience that can't leave or they won't be able to see the races they paid for. WAY to pack them in!
Wasting $$'s right and left!!! Doesn't anyone care?
Quacks like a duck🦆
Trump Derangement Syndrome is real. May cause hypocritical statements, forgetfulness, lack of equal application of outrage, bigoted comments towards those with opposing views, and an overall unattractive vindictive dangerous attitude and mindset.
Trump sucks! Maga means makes America gag again.
cargoesround cargoesround cargoesround brilliant
Sieg Heil, mein Amerikan Dummkopf!
He brought a hooker
Fantastic! Latinos para Trump 2020, guaranteed!
No crash?
and now it's rained out lol
It was a campaign event!!!
God crying after seeing realDonaldTrump at Daytona500
And it rained ☔ on his parade? Not nice to cross Mother Nature...
trump ruins everything. Even a race.
Melania looked right at home.
I think Trump is a marketing genius.
He jinxed the race.
Of course it was a rally. Funded once again by the taxpayers.
Vote Trump
Fun idea, but who’s paying for it?
Cry more Libs
Look at all the salty losers crying cause some people went out and had a good time lol
Trump on his way to AF1.
What global warming? The USA will demonstrate its sincerity for change when its against the law to sit in gas sucking pigs idling away hundreds of thousands of gallons of gasoline daily, 24 hours a day 365, picking up junk food, banking and whatever else. USA→Denialists
He’s a crash test dummy
Spare me.
Trapping? Wth does that mean?
Do you mean to say Gentlemen start your engines is political ?
Is it Karma that in the end, in Daytona, it 'rained on his parade' Trump......what a jerk!
So what?
Eat your heart out politico!
Hate rally with cars.
NASCAR is losing the popularity they enjoyed post 9/11. They will likely shrink back to their original fan base. Don't think for a second that Madison Avenue hasn't figured it out already.
Well at least he knows where his audience is
And it was indicative of NASCAR Nation. Truly Trumpistan.
They used to say sporting events shouldn't be political. Stick to sports they said.
Stop it. This had more than the trappings of a campaign event, it WAS a campaign event. The Bully Racetrack, I guess.
White rednecks? Yeah.
We should be reimbursed for this trip. Of course the Trump curse is still in effect. The Daytona 500 has been in rain delay for hours and the ratings have collapsed. Karma is real.
Me - Me - Me -
Sounds about white to me considering he is doing this with the whitest sport in the US. NASCAR can have him.
How so? Because people were chanting USA?
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