Miami.- Former United States President Donald Trump surprised with his presence at a fundraising event to rescue dogs held this Friday at his private club Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach (Florida) and in which his daughter-in-law Lara Trump was involved.
The former president, who has lived in this luxury club since he left the White House on January 20, even addressed those present at the event, which sought to raise half a million dollars to transfer half a thousand dogs from China to the United States. Local media reported this Saturday.
Dressed casually and wearing his customary cap with his campaign slogan “Make America Great Again”, the Republican gave an impromptu speech at the Big Dog Ranch Rescue event.
He explained to the lively crowd that after seeing them and knowing the purpose of this fundraiser, he said “Let’s help the dogs.”
He even assured that he had “many meetings” at the White House related to “saving and helping dogs.”
Interestingly, Trump was the first US president in nearly a century who did not have a pet during his stay in the White House, because, as he explained at the time, he did not have the time to do so.
Honestly, I wouldn’t mind having one, but I don’t have time. How would I see myself walking a dog on the White House lawn? He said in 2019 during a campaign event in El Paso, Texas.
During his brief intervention in Mar-a-Lago this Friday, Trump took the opportunity to advance that his daughter-in-law, married to his son Eric and who became his campaign advisor in 2020, could stand in the elections in search of a seat in the Senate.
Lauree Simmons, president and founder of Big Dog Ranch Rescue, told local television channel WPTV NewsChannel 5 that she launched this fundraising campaign with Lara Trump with the goal of bringing 500 dogs from China to the US on a plane. loading after seeing images of a dog meat market in the Asian country.