Trump Traffic Hits L.A. Commuters On Friday, POTUS Here For 2020 Fundraiser

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EXCLUSIVE: Deeply unpopular in California, President Donald Trump hasnt visited Los Angeles very often since taking office, but the former Celebrity Apprentice host will make his presence in the City of Angels known Friday with road closures and potential traffic snarls.

After a spell in Calexico late Friday morning to gaze upon a small completed portion of his much-promised border wall, Trump will be heading up to L.A. for a deep-pocket evening fundraiser for his 2020 re-election campaign and the Republican National Committee. Air Force One is expected to touch down at LAX at around 3:15 PM, a few hours before the pricey shindig.

Trump is expected to fly via Marine One from LAX to a landing zone at the Santa Monica Airport and travel in the so-called “Beast” on usually gridlocked surface streets to Beverly Hills for the fundraiser at 4 PM. Which, even though nothing has been released officially yet, means the Westside, Bev Hills and potentially even part of the 405 will see wide spread street closures from the LAPD and Secret Service starting tomorrow afternoon around 2:30 or so.

Well update if and when the police make those closures public, but clearly plan accordingly and avoid anywhere west of West Hollywood if you can tomorrow

The multi-tiered gathering at the palatial spread of nursing care CEO Lee Samson sees tickets ranging from $15,000 to $50,000 for a photo with POTUS, who has a rarely visited home of his own nearby. If you really want to climb on the Trump Train, big Republican spenders have ponied up $150,000 to join in a 4:45 PM roundtable with the incumbent Friday afternoon, according to the invite.

After sitting down with his really rich pals, POTUS will spend a bit of time with the more common people and give a speech at 5:45 PM

As is his tendency on most hat-in-hand trips, Trump wont be hanging around overnight in L.A. The ex-real estate developer intends to whip back to the chopper at 6:20 PM and then take off from LAX a bit later for a quick jaunt to Las Vegas for a Saturday speech.

Unlike Barack Obamas frequent sojourns to the Democrat donor ATM of the Southland before and during his presidency, Trump has been in L.A. looking for cash only twice before. During his 40 fundraising trips to Hollywoodland as POTUS, Obama often earned the wrath of residents for the closures and obstructions that local law enforcement and the Secret Service put into play for his protection.

While the now-Netflix-signed and much more low-key 44th POTUS has come back to L.A. for a few cash grabs since leaving office, a phalanx of Oval Office hopefuls have been tramping through town of late seeking the cash to unseat Trump next year. There will be a lot more of such stopovers once Tinseltowns beloved ex-VP Joe Biden officially joins the race.

Unsurprisingly, Calis junior senator Kamala Harris has been the most coRead More – Source