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President-elect Donald Trump scheduled to speak at AmericaFest in Phoenix

Dec 17, 2024, 2:00 PM | Updated: Jan 16, 2025, 12:07 pm

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President-elect Donald Trump is scheduled to return to Arizona next week. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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PHOENIX — President-elect Donald Trump is scheduled to be one of the speakers at Turning Point’s AmericaFest event in Phoenix this weekend.

The four-day event at the Phoenix Convention Center will mark Trump’s first trip to the Grand Canyon State since he won back the presidency, which included an electorate victory in Arizona.

The event runs Thursday through Sunday, and Trump will speak on Sunday morning at 10:30 a.m.

“We are incredibly honored that President Trump will deliver his first rally-style speech since the election at AmFest 2024 in Phoenix,” Founder and President of Turning Point USA and Turning Point Action Charlie Kirk said in a press release. “This was already the largest multi-day event in the movement, and this year will be the biggest we’ve ever hosted, by far.

“When I spoke to the president, he said he’d only do it if we called it a ‘Tribute to Arizona,’ so that’s exactly what we’re doing. President Trump knows the people of Arizona have always been with him, they’re loyal to him and they just delivered the largest win for him of all of the swing states, giving him a 5.5% margin of victory.”

 

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In addition to Kirk, other marquee speakers include Ben Shapiro, Mike Johnson, Glenn Beck, Steve Bannon, Patrick-Bet David, Tucker Carlson, Ted Cruz and Donald Trump Jr. Arizona politicians Paul Gosar and Abe Hamadeh are also expected to speak.

The event will go from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and 8 a.m. to noon on Sunday.

AmericaFest Phoenix schedule of events:

Thursday, Dec. 19

5:30 p.m. – AmericaFest Opening Night

Friday, Dec. 20

11:30 a.m. – AmericaFest Day 2

Saturday, Dec. 21

8:30 a.m. – Breakout Sessions

noon – General Session Programming

Sunday, Dec. 22

7 a.m. – Doors open

8 a.m. – General Session

10:30 a.m. – Donald Trump

Those interested in attending the event can register online.

President-elect Donald Trump returns to Arizona

Trump last appeared in Arizona at a Tucker Carlson event in Glendale on Halloween.

It was the president-elect’s final push in the battleground state that he ended up winning handily.

Trump bested Democrat Kamala Harris by 5.5% — nearly 190,000 votes — in the Nov. 5 general election in Arizona.

Editor’s Note: This is an update to a story originally published on Dec. 12, 2024.

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President-elect Donald Trump scheduled to speak at AmericaFest in Phoenix