Nora Quintanilla
New York, May 23 (EFE).- Former Republican President Donald Trump (2017-2021) held an unusual rally this Thursday in The Bronx (New York), a Democratic fiefdom in which he was received by a dedicated audience that he lit up with his usual campaign topics, especially immigration, and even with life lessons.
At 77 years old, Trump showed great energy in the hour and a half that the rally in Crotona Park lasted before thousands of people – 10,000 according to the organization, and 3,500 according to the city -, of great diversity in race and age and who showed him fervent support, while an imposing police deployment separated the few anti-Trump protesters who dared to appear.
In a district in which more than half of the population is Hispanic and more than a quarter black, the Republican candidate for the next presidential elections argued that “millions” of immigrants are leaving their countries’ prisons empty, entering the United States illegally. and committing “migrant crimes.”
Amid cries of “Send them back” and “Build the wall,” Trump promised “the largest criminal deportation in history” and even suggested that immigrants “are creating an army from within” because ” They usually have good physique, between 19-25 years old, almost all of them are men, and they are of fighting age.”
The politician chose some of the most shocking anecdotes, such as the “attack by a migrant gang on police officers” in Times Square or the use of a school as a migrant shelter in Brooklyn, and recovered from his previous campaign a metaphorical story about a snake (the emigrant) rescued from the street by a woman whom the animal then betrays and bites.
The former president fulfilled almost all the bets and proclaimed himself more capable than his rival, Democratic President Joe Biden, on numerous occasions, although with a risky statement: to question the capabilities of the Democratic leader, he stated that the leaders of China, North Korea and Russia are “on top of the world.”
Politician, businessman and coach
Trump’s followers listened with admiration to his words, including anecdotes from his career as a real estate businessman in New York, and even more so when he joked that he had “an overdose of politics” and wanted to offer a “talk about success” to “young people.” from the Bronx.”
Among the audience were families with elderly people, babies and children, groups of teenagers, middle-aged couples and many young adults, especially men, with a notable presence of Jews wearing kippahs and traditional shirts, although the trend was red caps. with the motto “Make America Great Again.”
“The harder you work, the luckier you are,” began the tycoon, who spent several minutes visibly comfortable giving advice on how to choose a profession you like, continue to rise in the face of adversity, and maintain “momentum” throughout the race.
His charisma and business resume were incentives for many middle-class followers, such as Krystal, a young Democrat who said she admired the “golf course builder” Trump, or María, a Salvadoran artisan who valued his “rebellious” character and who “fixed the city” for decades.
A group of neighbors of Dominican origin who were waving their flag declared to EFE that Trump is their candidate for being “a man of values and pro-life,” in addition to the fact that he will defend the borders better than Biden and will reduce crime.
For his first rally in New York since 2016, Trump surrounded himself with Republicans such as commentator Andrew Giuliani or Florida congressman Byron Donalds, but he highlighted former Democratic senator and Reverend Rubén Díaz Sr, who gave him his vote and told EFE that he was sure that the Bronx could become republican.
One of the arguments repeated by the candidate – and by his guests – was that those gathered there were not “black, brown or white”, but Americans, and that they voted as such. Words that were responded to with shouts of “USA, USA!!!”
And the candidate concluded, his voice drowned out by the cheers, changing his slogan to “Make Our City Great Again.” He reminded them to go vote for “hard-working patriots like you who are going to save our country. Our vote is going to be too broad to be manipulated.” EFE
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