President Donald Trump is set to hold a rally in Las Vegas on Saturday as he wraps up a whirlwind tour of disaster zones in North Carolina and California this week, capping a busy first week for the new administration.
Newsweek has reached out to the city of Las Vegas and the White House by email on Friday afternoon for comment.
Why It Matters
Trump heavily targeted Nevada in last year’s presidential election, flipping the state back to Republican for the first time since the 2004 election.
Saturday’s rally will mark the president’s first visit to the Silver State since taking office on Monday, and he is expected to discuss his tax policies and the economy.
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What to Know
The Las Vegas Review-Journal earlier this week reported that Trump would visit Las Vegas and speak at the Circa Resort & Casino. The rally will be held on the third floor in the Galaxy Meeting Room on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET/12:30 p.m. PT. Doors will open at 9:30 a.m. local time.
No other details regarding speakers have been released, but Trump is expected to arrive in Sin City on Friday night. FOX 5 Vegas reported that around 2,000 people are expected to attend.
As with his pre-inauguration rally, the Trump team has provided a form for attendees to fill out ahead of the event.
Where to Watch Trump’s Vegas Rally
The event will likely be streamed through the usual Fox News channels, including LiveNOW from FOX, which is available on Roku, Amazon FireTV, Apple TV, Google Android TV and Visio with the FOX LOCAL app.
YouTube channel Right Side Broadcasting Network (RSBN), which touts itself as “the #1 channel for LIVE and UNEDITED coverage of Trump rallies and America First events,” will also likely stream the rally.
Why Does Trump Want to Visit Las Vegas?
Trump said he would visit Nevada “to thank them for the vote, ’cause we won Nevada overwhelmingly, and that’s usually a Democrat vote.”
The Review-Journal reported that Trump would often visit Las Vegas and stay at the Trump International hotel off the Vegas Strip after visiting California as he “prefers to spend the night on his own properties.”
Trump has credited his “no tax on tips” policy proposal as a key factor in winning the state, which he narrowly lost to Democrats in 2016 when he ran against former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (by around 27,000 votes) and in 2020 when he ran against former President Joe Biden (by around 33,000 votes).
He won the state by around 46,000 votes last year against former Vice President Kamala Harris—the largest margin of victory since President Barack Obama trounced Republican nominee Mitt Romney by just under 68,000 votes in 2012.
