travel report 10 — rally color

The staging consists of five grandstands arranged around the stage in a U-shape, with about 20 rows of white folding chairs set up in front of the stage.

Large signs on the walls proclaim “JOBS! JOBS! JOBS!”, “THE GOLDEN AGE,” “BUY AMERICAN HIRE AMERICAN,” “INVESTING IN AMERICA,” and “THE AMERICAN DREAM IS BACK.”

Electronic sign boards announce “100 DAYS OF GREATNESS.”

The event is mostly full but there are plenty of empty seats 15 minutes before the announced start.

The sound track is that of a Trump rally — the pool arrived to “Gloria,” made infamous for its use at Trump’s Jan 6 rally — but so far has not hit deafening decibels.

The venue capacity is 4,000, but only about half or three-fifths is being used.

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S.V. D�te

White House correspondent

HuffPost

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