Donald Trump’s campaign set a high bar for the former president’s rally in Wildwood, New Jersey, on Saturday.
Officials told The Post they believe 80,000 supporters will descend on the Jersey Shore for the first major rally in the New York area by the presumptive GOP presidential since 2016.
If that comes to fruition, it would make Wildwood the largest rally so far in Trump’s 2024 White House run.
Hundreds of people set up camp overnight on the resort’s famed boardwalk, NJ.com reported, as fans traveled hours to attend.
“I think this country needs him back, because I don’t think this country can survive another four years of Democratic rule,” Chris Mitchell of Sussex County, NJ told the outlet.
Thousands more arrived early Saturday morning to set up pre-rally tailgate parties, adding to the breezy day’s festival atmosphere.
“Feel the energy here,” Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ) told Fox News. “Tens of thousands of people that know we have to do better, that this is the greatest nation on the face of the earth, and that we can do better.”
