Trump planning to spend part of RNC week in Chicago, not Milwaukee [View all]
Source: ABC News
June 18, 2024, 10:07 PM
Former President Donald Trump is making plans to visit Chicago during the Republican National Convention -- more than an hour's drive from where the convention will take place in Milwaukee, according to sources familiar with his plans, but he insisted on Tuesday he would be "staying" in Milwaukee and again denied reports he called it a "horrible city."
Trump is expected to attend a fundraiser in Chicago, though details are still being finalized. A campaign official tells ABC News, the former president will stay in Milwaukee to accept the Republican nomination on Thursday evening.
Earlier Tuesday, at one point, several officials briefed on security plans and logistical arrangements indicated Trump would likely stay overnight at his property in Chicago -- Trump International Hotel and Tower -- during the duration of the RNC.
Later on Tuesday, the former president denied reporting that he wouldn't be staying in the host city in an interview with a local Milwaukee TV station. "I'm staying here. I was always planning on staying here," Trump told WTMJ as he campaigned in Wisconsin. "Again, I chose Milwaukee for a reason."
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