Former President Donald Trump made a pit stop after his arraignment in Miami on Tuesday, stopping at a Cuban restaurant where the crowd sang him a happy birthday.
The former president, who faces 37 charges related to his alleged mishandling of classified documents, turns 77 on Wednesday.
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“We have a country that’s corrupt, we have a country with no borders, we have a country that’s got nothing but problems with a nation in decline,” Trump told reporters at Versailles restaurant. “Then they do something like this, and you see where the people are; we love the people. We see the crowds. … We have a nation that is in decline like never before, and we can’t let it happen.”
During his stop, faith leaders prayed over Trump, with one being heard in a video praising the former president and declaring that “communism will not come to our shores.”
President Trump visits Cafe Versailles and is greeted by supporters and the Hispanic community!
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The former president also offered to buy food for restaurant patrons that had gathered to show their support for the 2024 GOP front-runner. The crowd was largely made up of Cuban Americans in the Little Havana neighborhood of Miami.
Walt Nauta, a co-defendant in Trump’s documents case, was also at the restaurant.
Trump pleaded not guilty to all charges, which stem from the FBI raid at his Mar-a-Lago resort last year. Charges include alleged violations of the Espionage Act, according to special counsel Jack Smith‘s 49-page indictment after the case was considered by a Miami grand jury, making him the first former president to be charged with federal crimes.
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Trump was arrested upon arrival and fingerprinted but was not handcuffed, and no mug shot was taken.
Trump is now traveling to New Jersey, where he will deliver remarks around 8 p.m.
