Former President Trump made a grand entrance at the Coca-Cola 600 in North Carolina on Sunday. He took to the skies in his private plane, famously known as “Trump Force One,” before joining the NASCAR race.
Trump Force One passed over the Charlotte Motor Speedway around 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, to a resounding roar from the crowd.
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“We’re currently passing over the Charlotte Motor Speedway, which is very thrilling!” “DJT,” the former president posted on Truth Social Sunday.
The Coca-Cola 600 is the longest NASCAR Cup Series race, and it is the only one that runs from day to night in Concord, North Carolina. 6:00 p.m. EST was the scheduled start time for the race.
According to Margo Martin, Trump’s deputy director of communications, Trump met with Gold Star families at the race and watched the C-17 flyover from the track before it began on Sunday night.
Martin tweeted videos of spectators yelling “USA” and “You’re our man, Trump” as the former president approached the “Pit Road” viewing box at the speedway.
According to several media accounts, Trump’s attendance is the first by a sitting or former president to a race at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord. In 2020, Trump attended the 62nd Daytona 500 and acted as grand marshal. He became the second president in history to have the title, following President George W. Bush in 2004.
Democrats used his visit as an opportunity to criticize Trump and his policies.
Last week, the Charlotte Observer in North Carolina reported the installation of two billboards in the city with the slogan “Beware: Trump’s Extreme MAGA” and a pledge to prevent the former president from “ban abortions nationwide, raise costs on working families, or rip away our health care.”
Trump, the Republican Party’s prospective presidential nominee, now has a 1% lead over President Biden, the Democratic presumptive presidential contender.
The former president’s campaign appearances have been curtailed in recent weeks due to his continuing hush money case in New York, where he faces 34 counts of falsifying records in connection with reimbursement payments made to his ex-fixer Michael Cohen prior to the 2016 election.
Last Tuesday, Trump’s defense rested their case without calling the former president to the stand, and they excused the jurors until this Tuesday, when closing remarks are due to start. Jury deliberations will begin shortly thereafter.
