Former President Trump is scheduled to meet with Senate Republicans in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, sources confirmed to The Hill.
The former president is expected to come to the capital for a debate hosted by the Business Roundtable. Following that meeting, he is scheduled to sit down with Republican senators to discuss what officials said will be policy-focused talks ahead of the November election.
A spokesperson for Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), the third-ranking Republican in the Senate who is leading the party’s message, told The Hill that he had invited Trump to attend a Senate Republican meeting to discuss the summer and their potential governing agenda. 2025.
“I believe it would be helpful to hear directly from former President Trump about his plans for the summer and share his ideas about a strategic national agenda for 2025,” Barrasso told Senate Republicans, according to an email obtained by The Hill.
A senior Trump campaign official said the meeting will “preview policies that will save the country, including Trump’s promise not to impact seniors by cutting Social Security or Medicare, and policies that actually protect our borders and make our communities safer.” “It will include doing that,” he said. And an America First foreign policy that restores peace through strength and global leadership, and a low-tax economic policy that will reignite the vibrant Trump economy we had just a few years ago.”
Most Senate Republican Conference meetings are held on Capitol Hill, but this one is held off campus.
The former president’s meeting in Washington came on the heels of his conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records. Most Senate Republicans supported him despite the conviction, and several conservatives, including potential running mate Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), headed to Manhattan to support Trump during the trial.
However, President Trump has a poor relationship with Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Kentucky), who announced that he would step down from his leadership position after the November election. The two haven’t spoken in years, but McConnell supported Trump’s bid for the White House in March.
The former president has stronger ties to other members of the Republican conference, including Barrasso, Vance and Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), who is vying to replace McConnell.