Former President Donald Trump was in the Los Angeles area for a fundraiser ahead of a speech Friday at his golf course in the coastal community of Rancho Palos Verdes.
Trump, fresh off Tuesday's debate with Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, was scheduled to attend an evening reception Thursday for a fundraiser in the LA area, according to a post by the Republican Party of Los Angeles County. The location for the event, which comes just over 50 days ahead of Election Day, was not provided.
Attending the event cost a minimum of $3,300, according to City News Service.
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On Friday, Trump spoke at Trump National Golf Course in Rancho Palos Verdes with the Pacific Ocean in the background. The seaside community has been plagued by landslides that forced people from their homes.
Trump briefly addressed the land movement and voiced support for residents. Local leaders were doing a "great job" of responding to the crisis, he said. About a dozen people gathered along the road leading into the golf club. Some held signs reading "Save Our Homes" and "Slip Sliding Away." Other signs read "200+ Homes, No Gas, No Power, No Help."
Trump also met with RPV Mayor John Cruikshank.
"I want to express my support for all of the families affected by the landslides in Rancho Palos Verdes," Trump said. "This area is very solid, but you go a couple of miles down, you'll see something that's pretty amazing. The mountain is moving. And it could be stopped but they need some help from the government. So I hope they get the help. And I'm sure John will have the help. And I want to thank the mayor for the great job he's doing, and tell that to the people, what a great job he's doing."
Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency in the seaside community earlier this month a day after more homes lost power due to the shifting land.
Geologists have said that shifting land, which accelerated after 2023 rainstorms, could potentially threaten hundreds of more homes. Scientists working to stop the movement said their findings showed the issue is much deeper than they originally thought. They found the issue below the surface, described as a much deeper “slip plain,” is moving faster and wider than anticipated.
Trump also spent a lengthy amount of time disparaging his Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris. He said the country cannot allow Harris "and the communist left to do to America what they did to the state of California."
Trump was expected to head to Woodside in Northern California for another fundraiser.
The GOP presidential nominee was last in Southern California in June, when he attended a sold- out luncheon event in Newport Beach and an evening event in Beverly Hills. That visit was Trump's first to Southern California since Sept. 29-30, when he spoke at the California Republican Party Fall Convention in Anaheim and a fundraiser in Costa Mesa and visited the Carvel Ice Cream shop in Westwood.
The Southern California visit follows a stop Thursday in Arizona for a rally in Tucson. Also Thursday, Trump said in a Truth Social post that there will not be another debate against his Democratic rival.
Vice President Harris was in North Carolina Thursday, with stops planned for Charlotte and Greensboro.
