Former President Trump maintains that “no one” was on the runway in Detroit to greet Vice President Harris at a campaign event in the Motor City last week, despite unedited video and images reported by multiple news outlets indicating otherwise.
Trump made the claim in a Truth Social post on Sunday, sharing two photos: one of thousands of Harris supporters reacting to the arrival of Air Force Two at Detroit Metropolitan Airport, and another with a zoomed-in view of the plane’s engine, making it difficult to distinguish the crowd.
“Did anyone notice that Kamala cheated at the airport? There was no one on the plane and she manipulated it with an “AI” to show hordes of so-called followers. But they weren’t there!” Trump declared. “She was handed over to airport maintenance personnel who noticed a fake crowd photo, but there was no one there, which was later confirmed by the reflection in the mirror-like finish of the vice president’s plane.”
“She’s a fraud, no one was waiting and the ‘crowd’ looked like 10,000!” Trump added. However, a media review of the event by Fox News Digital clearly showed that there were plenty of supporters on hand to greet Harris and her new running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.
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Vice President Harris and running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, wave to supporters as they disembark from Air Force Two to attend a campaign rally in Romulus, Michigan, on Wednesday, August 7.
Harris’ campaign told Fox News an estimated 15,000 people showed up to the rally last Wednesday.
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The event drew an estimated 15,000 spectators inside and outside a hangar at Detroit Metro Airport. (AP/Julia Nickinson)
The Harris campaign and the Trump campaign did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Fox News Digital on Monday.
Air Force Two taxis down the runway as thousands of attendees applaud during a presidential rally for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport in Romulus, Michigan, last week. (Adam J. Dewey/Anadolu via Getty Images)
However, the X account operated by the Harris campaign One of Trump’s Truth Social posts Regarding the crowds, he said, “This is an actual photo of a crowd of 15,000 people that turned out for the Harris-Waltz campaign in Michigan.”
Harris (top left) speaks at a podium during a campaign event in the Detroit, Michigan area last week. (Jeff Kowalski/AFP via Getty Images)
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“Trump hasn’t campaigned in battleground states for over a week. Is he depressed?” he added.
Fox News’ Kate Sprague contributed to this report.
