The former President of the United States, Donald Trump, surprised by being present at a dog rescue campaign held this Friday at his private Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, involving his daughter-in-law Lara Trump
The ex-president who has lived in this luxury club since he left the White House On Jan. 20, he addressed attendees at the event, which wanted to raise half a million dollars to transfer half a thousand dogs from China to the United States, local media reported Saturday.
Dressed casually and in his usual cap with the slogan of his election campaign “Make America Great Again” (Let’s Make America Great Again “), the Republican made an impromptu speech at the Big Dog Ranch Rescue event.
He explained to the lively crowd that after seeing them and knowing the purpose of this fundraiser, he said, “We’re going to help the dogs.”
He even assured that he had “many meetings” in the White House regarding “the rescue and help of dogs.”
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Interestingly, Trump was the first US president in nearly a century to not have a pet while in the White House because, as he explained at the time, he did not have the time.
“Honestly, I wouldn’t mind having one, but I don’t have time. How would I see myself walking a dog on the White House lawn?” He said at a campaign rally in El Paso in 2019. Texas.
During his brief intervention in Mar-a-Lago this Friday, Trump took the opportunity to announce that his daughter-in-law, married to his son Eric and who became his campaign advisor in 2020, could run for election in search of a seat in the Senate.
Lauree Simmons, president and founder of Big Dog Ranch Rescue, told local television channel WPTV NewsChannel 5 that she launched this fundraising campaign with Lara Trump with the goal of bringing 500 dogs from China to the US by cargo plane and then seeing images of a market. for dog meat in the Asian country.
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