The Village People’s hit YMCA blared from loudspeakers outside Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday as supporters of Donald Trump flocked to his Florida home with impeachment impending.
There was a party atmosphere among the MAGA faithful in Palm Beach, while New York City increased security and deployed more police to Manhattan courthouses.
A Manhattan grand jury is still out on whether to indict former President Donald Trump for hush money payments made on his behalf during his 2016 presidential campaign.
Trump and his legal team are now awaiting word from the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office if criminal charges are filed. If so, arrangements will be made for the delivery and appearance of the former president.
Trump supporters stand outside former President Donald Trump’s South Florida club, Mar-a-Lago, to show support for him as rumors spread that he could be impeached in New York City on March 21, 2023. .
Trump supporters say a potential impeachment is politically motivated given that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (left) is a Democrat and Trump (right) is a Republican.
Arresting a former president is unprecedented, so your team of attorneys will work closely with the Secret Service, the NYPD, and other law enforcement officials to ensure a smooth transition from Florida to New York.
As the United States prepares for the announcement that is expected to shock the world, its die-hard fans vow to show their support and admiration for Trump.
At least seven pickup trucks and jeeps pulled up in front of the luxurious private club, their passengers waving dozens of banners dedicated to the president.
‘Trust the plan’ adorned the largest banner (6’x8′) with a smiling photo of Trump.
Other banners read: ‘Come on Brandon’, ‘Save America’ and ‘Trump 2024’
A supporter, who did not want to give his name, played classic rock and country music from the speakers of his Jeep as Hank Williams Jr.’s song “A Country Boy Can Survive” washed over the group.
Mike Arnold, 52, a builder and arborist, stood by his white pickup truck covered in pro-Trump bumper stickers to explain why he had shown up at 7 a.m. at the drawbridge near Mar-a-Lago.
“The bottom line is that I support our (former) commander in chief because he is not resigning and is fighting for us.
“Just like he carries me on his back, I’ll carry him on my back,” said Arnold, who splits his time between New Hampshire and Ocala, Florida.
He said he believes Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is part of a larger effort to prevent Trump from returning to the White House.
“If they could make the charges stand, which they won’t, but if they could, that would prevent Donald J. Trump from ever running for any office again in his lifetime,” he said.
The grand jury has been investigating Trump’s involvement in a 2016 $130,000 payment to porn actress Stormy Daniels to prevent her from going public with a sexual encounter she said she had with him years earlier.
Police work outside the Mar-a-Lago estate of former President Donald Trump, as supporters and the media gather, Tuesday, March 21, 2023, in Palm Beach, Florida.
Derek Arnold, from Ocala, Fla., spoke to DailyMail.com outside former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence. “The bottom line is that I support our (former) commander in chief because he is not resigning and is fighting for us.”
Trump supporters stand outside former President Donald Trump’s South Florida club, Mar-a-Lago, to show support for him as rumors spread that he could be impeached in New York City on March 21, 2023. .
Cindy Falco-DiCarrado along with others show their support for former President Donald Trump near his home in Mar-a-Lago on March 21, 2023 in Palm Beach, Florida.
Arnold also suspects that Stormy Daniels is trans.
“This is my opinion, but just looking at photos of Stormy Daniels, she has really broad shoulders. So do we think we think she’s a woman? We think that she possibly she may be a man,” she said.
‘Do you think Trump would ever play with something like that? Or do you think that maybe all of this could have been set up against him?
He also said that it is not for us to judge Trump for having an extramarital affair.
A man in a leather cowboy hat and sunglasses, who calls himself Squirrel, joked that he showed up because of reports of free pizza.
He does not believe the charges against Trump are legitimate.
Trump supporters stand outside former President Donald Trump’s South Florida club, Mar-a-Lago, to show support for him as rumors spread that he could be impeached in New York City on March 21, 2023. .
Squirrel, from Polk County, Florida, spoke to DailyMail.com outside former President Donald Trump’s South Florida club, Mar-a-Lago, showing his support for him as rumors circulated that he could be indicted in the city of New York on March 21. , 2023.
‘I wonder if it’s already been proven to be a lie, then are they going to charge? You can prosecute a ham sandwich and get a conviction. Our system is rigged. That is why I am here.’
“They think that by impeaching him they are reducing his chances of returning to the presidency, but they don’t realize that they are boosting him. It will be teflon. He’s going to be the Teflon Don of 2023.’
Debbie Macchia, 57, a hedge fund worker originally from New Jersey but now living in Florida, said she is waving a Trump 2024 flag on the side of the road “to support the president.”
‘It’s all BS. It’s all garbage. They just don’t want me to run again,” she said. ‘They are going to criticize everything they can, whenever they can. This is no different than any other time.
He said he doubts Trump had an affair with Stormy Daniels and paid her to keep quiet about it.
Everyone has affairs with everyone, good or bad. It is what it is. I highly doubt (the matter), but at the same time, it’s not a crime. Everyone’s values are different, right? I’m not going to judge him or anyone else. That’s my opinion. He doesn’t have to worry about my opinion, he has to worry about his wife’s.
She feels that the news reports are misrepresenting Trump.
“We are here to support the president,” Macchia said. Nobody here is getting violent. I’m sick and tired of people taunting us. All the media is going crazy over how he is denouncing the violence.
He is not calling for violence. We are here supporting the president. We are not violent people, we never have been, ask the police.
Mark B, 54, who declined to give his full name, said he felt the charges were a scheme by Democrats to divert attention from banking and economic problems.
‘Whenever the Democrats get into trouble, they always blame it on Trump. It’s a distraction. You don’t hear anything about the documents in Brandon’s garage. Now the banks are collapsing. You don’t hear about it anymore.
Trump supporters stand outside former President Donald Trump’s South Florida club, Mar-a-Lago, to show support for him as rumors spread that he could be impeached in New York City on March 21, 2023. .
