Former President Donald Trump will visit Albuquerque on Thursday, according to the Republican Party of New Mexico.
The Republican Party of New Mexico announced Sunday on X — formerly known as Twitter — that Trump will campaign in Albuquerque on Thursday at noon but a location has not been released.
Ash Soular, a spokesperson for the Republican Party of New Mexico, confirmed to City Desk ABQ Monday morning the former president will hold a campaign rally in Albuquerque on Thursday but referred requests for additional information to the Trump campaign.
City Desk ABQ contacted the Trump campaign about the location for the rally and was referred to the events page on the campaign’s website but Albuquerque was not listed as one of Trump’s stops as of midday Monday. However, the Republican Party of New Mexico shared a link on social media to register for the event, but without specification about where it will be held. By late Monday afternoon Albuquerque was listed on the Trump campaign’s event page and the location was listed as CSI Aviation, near the Albuquerque International Sunport.
Trump campaigned in Albuquerque twice in 2016 — once at the Albuquerque Convention Center which was met with a crowd of protestors and devolved into a riot. Later that year, Trump made an appearance at a privately owned airplane hangar near the Sunport. He also held a rally at the Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho in 2019.
After the 2019 visit, Mayor Tim Keller’s office sent a bill of $211,175 to the Trump campaign for security costs and paid time off for city employees but the Keller administration says it’s still unpaid. Read more about the cost breakdown here.
City Desk ABQ contacted the Albuquerque Police Department and a spokesperson for Keller’s office about the expected visit but did not receive a response.
Tell the Mayor to not allow his plane to land on Thursday unless he pays up for the last time he was here!