Grand Rapids

Trump makes his final pitch in Michigan, sticking to tradition

Grand Rapids, Michigan Former president Donald Trump appeared for what will be his last ever presidential campaign rally Monday night — or very early Tuesday morning, to be exact — for a crowd of about 12,000 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This was Trump’s third time appearing in Grand Rapids on election eve; he spoke to voters from the DeVos Place Convention Center in 2016 when he won the state, at Gerald R. Ford International Airport in 2020, and tonight at the Van Andel Arena. In 2020, Trump said cheekily about his return to the city, “We can be a little superstitious, right?”  Trump took the stage just after midnight to roars from the crowd as “God Bless the USA” played on the speakers.

Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during his final campaign rally at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan in the early hours of November 5, 2024. (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP) (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images)