Trump is scheduled to campaign this week at a Greenwich Village bar and a Williamsburg restaurant.
Donald Trump stopped by Pubkey, a crypto-themed bar in Manhattan near the NYU campus where his son, Barron Trump, attends today ahead of a rally in Long Island.
“It's really cool that he wants to come here and experience being part of the bitcoin community while he's here,” Pubkey CEO Thomas Pacchia said. of New York Post He is the first former US president to be convicted of a felony. Eater has reached out to Pubkey for more information.
The bar was likely chosen because President Trump announced his own cryptocurrency business earlier this week.
Ahead of the Pubkey visit, Greenwich Village neighbors blasted Taylor Swift music from their apartments — a possible indication that Trump had long sought the pop singer's endorsement even before he endorsed Kamala Harris for president — and several protesters picketed outside the bar. post I will report.
Pubkey expects Trump to pay for the drinks and burgers for the entire bar, despite Trump promising to “buy everyone food” at Miami restaurant Versailles but never fulfilling that promise. post I will report.
Trump owns several properties with restaurants and is described as a “picky eater” known for eating overcooked steaks with ketchup and drinking Diet Coke, but he has visited several restaurants while campaigning for the 2024 presidential election, most recently a Vietnamese restaurant at the Eden Center shopping district in Falls Church, Virginia.
Meanwhile, the Republican candidate is reportedly headed to Williamsburg on Thursday, where he plans to stop at longtime kosher restaurant Gottlieb's, part of a neighborhood that is home to both Orthodox and Hasidic Jewish communities. Yeshiva World NewsThe campaign halt comes in response to Trump's continued support for the Israeli government despite the killing of more than 40,000 Palestinians, mostly civilians, since October 7 last year.
The magazine reported that Secret Service agents were spying on Gottlieb's this week. Another Jewish outlet, The Forward, speculated that Trump's running mate, J.D. Vance, may actually stop by Gottlieb's. Vance himself was involved in a dining fiasco earlier this year when a video circulated of an “awkward” encounter inside the doughnut shop. Gottlieb's restaurant owner Menashe Gottlieb told the magazine that he believes it will be Trump himself.
