Former President Trump will travel to the nation's capital on Thursday to participate in a series of meetings with Republicans in both the House and Senate, and attend an event with top U.S. business executives.
The former president's meetings with congressional Republicans will be “looking toward the future, toward the policies that will save the nation,” a senior Trump campaign official told Fox News Digital.
Such policies, according to the campaign official, include “Trump's commitment to protecting seniors without cuts to Social Security or Medicare, policies that will truly secure our border and make our communities safe again, a first foreign policy of the United States to demand peace through strength and the world. leadership and lower-tax economic policies that revive the vibrant Trump economy we had just a few years ago.”
With less than five months until Election Day, Trump will begin his speech Thursday morning at the Capitol Hill Club, a popular House Republican-only venue in Washington, D.C., that also serves as headquarters of the Republican National Committee (RNC). ) and the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) – around 9:30 a.m.
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, left, former President Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson. (Getty Images)
An invitation sent to top House Republican aides Tuesday morning, obtained by Fox News Digital, showed that Trump is coming at a joint invitation from House leaders: Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., Leader Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., Majority Leader Tom Emmer, R-Minn., and House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y.
House Republican leaders have been almost completely in agreement with Trump since Johnson took the gavel in late October. Multiple sources previously told Fox News Digital that Johnson keeps Trump informed before announcing major House agenda items.
Trump and Republican lawmakers “will discuss the growth of the Republican majority in the House and the legislative agenda for 2025,” Johnson's office told Fox News Digital.
Following his meeting with House Republicans, which will be closed to the press and will take place amid a House Judiciary Committee hearing to examine the district attorney's “political prosecution of President Trump” of Manhattan, Alvin Bragg, the former president will participate in a discussion with major companies. leaders.
Trump will attend and speak at an event organized by the Business Roundtable, an association of more than 200 CEOs of major U.S. companies. There, he will advocate for a more prosperous economy should he win a second term in the White House.
The off-the-record discussion, which is scheduled to begin at 11:15 a.m., will be led by FOX Business host Larry Kudlow, who served as director of the National Economic Council in the Trump administration from 2018 to 2021.
Former President Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Sunset Park in Las Vegas on June 9, 2024. (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)
White House Chief of Staff Jeff Zients will also attend the roundtable and speak on behalf of President Biden as he travels abroad for the G-7 Summit in Italy.
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After the roundtable, Trump will meet with Senate Republicans at 12:30 p.m.
A Trump campaign source told Fox News Digital that Trump's meeting with House Republicans will be closed to the press and will take place at the headquarters of the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC).
Senate Republican Conference Chairman John Barrasso's office confirmed to Fox News Digital on Monday that Trump would address Senate Republicans this week.
“I have invited President Trump to meet with members of our Republican Conference,” Barrasso, R-Wyo., wrote to his Senate Republican colleagues in a message obtained by Fox News Digital. “I think it will be helpful to hear directly from President Trump about his plans for the summer and also share our ideas for a strategic government agenda in 2025.”
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., who backed Trump's bid to retake the White House in March, said Wednesday that he would attend the meeting and that the former president “earned voters' nomination.” ” for the 2024 presidential election. It will be the first time the two high-profile Republicans have met since December 2020.
Once the meeting concludes, Trump and Senate Republicans are expected to speak to members of the press.
Former President Trump leaves after addressing the media following the verdict of his trial in New York at Trump Tower on May 31, 2024. (Getty Images)
Trump's visit comes as he continues to shape his own presidential re-election and Republican races across the country, just weeks before the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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The former president's trip also comes as he continues to face a steady stream of legal battles. The deadline for Trump's legal team to file any motions following Trump's New York trial is set for the end of the day Thursday.
After meeting with congressional Republicans on Thursday, Trump will have another meeting with Johnson and NRCC Chairman Richard Hudson, R.N.C., from his Mar-a-Lago resort on Monday, a source told Fox News Digital. familiar with planning.
Fox News' Liz Elkind, Julia Johnson and Brooke Singman contributed to this update.
