Montgomery, ala. (AP) – President Donald Trump will go to heavily republican Alabama Thursday, to speak to students graduates from the University of Alabama, where he should attract demonstrators despite a deep support for state support.
The remarks of the Trump evening in Tuscaloosa will be the first address of the Republican president to graduates in his second term and will come when he celebrated the First 100 days of his administration.
The White House did not offer any details on Trump’s planned message.
Alabama, where Trump won 64% of the votes in 2024, is the place where he has organized a number of his big brand rallies in the past decade. It was also there that Trump showed the first signs of force in his first presidential campaign when he started to fill stadiums for his gatherings.
Although the White House described Trump’s speech as a starting address, it is in fact a special event that was created before the graduation ceremonies that start on Friday. Graduated students have the opportunity to attend the event, but it is not necessary.
Former football coach Crimson Tide Nick Saban is also expressed during the event.
“While President Trump marks 100 days in power, there is no better place to celebrate all the victories in Tuscaloosa, Alabama,” said Governor Kay Ivey, a republican.
The presence of Trump aroused criticism from Alabama NAACP and Democrats from the college of the University of Alabama.
Alabama head coach Nick Saban looks at the players before the BCS National Championship College football match against the LSU, on Monday, January 9, 2012, in New Orleans. (Photo / Dave Martin)
The Democrats of the College with the exception of their own gathering calling him “Tide Against Trump” – a play on the nickname of the university. The event will star the presidential candidate on time, Beto O’Rourke of Texas and former American senator Doug Jones, the last democrat to occupy a state office in Alabama.
The NAACP said that Trump’s policies harm universities and students, especially colored students.
“The decision for colored students, and really all students, should be to jump his speech and spend this time thinking about how to make America a more inclusive nation,” said Benard Simelton, president of Alabama NAACP.
President Donald Trump arrives to speak during an event of the National Prayer Day in the Garden Rose of the White House, Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP photo / Evan VUCCI)
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Trump’s visit to Alabama is his second trip this week. He held a gathering in Michigan Tuesday to mark 100 days in power.
Apart from weekends for personal visits, the president has not made a lot of official trips since his entry into office on January 20. He generally speaks to the public of impromptu press conferences which he has in the oval office and other events in the White House.
After his stop in Alabama, Trump should go to Florida for a long weekend in his seaside resort in Mar-A-Lago.
Next month, he is scheduled to pronounce the start to the West Point American military academy, New York.
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Price reported in Birmingham, Alabama.
