Trump Madison Square Garden rally live updates: New York turns MAGA as Kamala Harris campaigns in Pennsylvania

Madison Square Garden doors open at 12 pm Eastern Time.

Fans lined up in Manhattan overnight for the historic event that will draw 20,000 MAGA fans.

Elon Musk, Donald Trump Jr. and former Fox News host Tucker Carlson are among the guests who will speak before Trump takes the stage around 5 p.m.

Die-hard MAGA fans were seen gathering outside Madison Square Garden just before dawn ahead of Donald Trump’s big rally in New York City.

For the sold-out event, approximately 20,000 Trump fans will flock to the Big Apple, just nine days before what could be the closest presidential election in history, as Trump and Kamala Harris are virtually tied in every poll. .

Dozens of Republican devotees were seen sporting red “Make America Great Again” baseball caps as they lined up at the corner of 33rd and 6th Avenue of America early Sunday in predominantly liberal New York City.

An array of Trump merchandise, including T-shirts, jackets, large billboards and a trailer full of flags (featuring the Republican candidates’ faces and names) surrounded the venue as the streets lit up red, white and blue.

A heavy police presence also gathered as groups of NYPD officers were seen outside MSG accompanied by large police vehicles and several patrol cars.

As the campaign heads into the home stretch less than ten days before Election Day, former President Donald Trump faces new accusations that he praised Adolf Hitler.

But with early voting already underway, his Republican supporters reject the latest accusations.

More than 38 million people have already voted in the elections.

Early in-person voting began in Michigan on Saturday with a steady stream of Trump supporters showing up to cast their votes for the former president.

They dismissed praise for Hitler as “nonsense” and criticized Trump’s former White House chief of staff, retired Gen. John Kelly, who shared his account on the matter.

In less than two weeks, Americans will decide whether Vice President Kamala Harris will be the first woman president or whether former President Trump will win a second term.

But experts say another factor will play a big role in this decision: the weather.

In the wake of Hurricanes Helene and Milton, which devastated the East Coast from Florida to Virginia, many voters are still in recovery mode and may not be able to go to the polls.

Helene’s devastating impact on the swing state of North Carolina could have an especially strong influence on the election, political strategist Bradley Trunk told DailyMail.com.

‘North Carolina is one of the seven states that will determine who will be the next president of the United States,’ he said. “There really isn’t much more going on than this.”

In other parts of the United States, even an average storm could have a significant influence on voter turnout and mood, Trunk said.

Research has shown that rainfall negatively affects voter turnout. One study estimates that for every centimeter of rain that falls on voting day, turnout drops 0.95 percentage points.

by Rob Crilly, Chief Political Correspondent

For two decades, Kari Lake’s husky voice and pixie cut were fixtures on Fox 10 in Phoenix, providing the kind of comforting presence common on local news channels across the country: anchoring cooking articles moments after airing details of gruesome murders.

All of that seems like a long time ago.

Now she is running for the Senate as a Trump loyalist who, like him, parlayed her name recognition on television into an enthralling political career, rising to national prominence and infamy after refusing to accept electoral defeat.

“She’s a killer,” Trump told DailyMail.com aboard his plane last year, when the 55-year-old frequently appeared as a potential running mate.

He has been offered fundraisers at Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s Florida home, and some of the MAGA world’s top experts have worked on his Senate bid.

Renowned pollster Frank Luntz revealed the exact moment Kamala Harris lost the election.

During an interview with CNN on Wednesday, Luntz, also known as ‘The Nostradamus of pollsters,’ said the Democratic candidate was doing well in the polls until she ‘froze’ after turning her attention to Donald Trump.

“He had the best 60 days of any presidential candidate in modern history,” Luntz said.

“And then the moment he turned anti-Trump and targeted him and said ‘don’t vote for me, vote against him.'” That’s when everything froze.

Luntz added that Trump is “defined” because he “doesn’t win” and “doesn’t lose” in the election, while his opponent is “less well defined.”

Donald Trump heads to New York City’s famed Madison Square Garden to give his final argument to Americans about why he should return to the White House.

For the sold-out event, approximately 20,000 MAGA fans will attend just nine days before what could be the closest presidential election in history, as Trump and Kamala Harris are virtually tied in every poll.

Trump’s decision to hold one of his final rallies at Madison Square Garden is curious, as Harris is building a solid 14-point lead over him in the state.

While New York is a solidly blue state, the Big Apple remains Trump’s original hometown and where the billionaire started his business empire several decades ago.

And he hopes to add momentum to several crucial elections in the state that Republicans must hold if they want to maintain their slim majority in the House of Representatives.

Former TV star Trump loves shows and MSG is sure to give him the show he wants.