(CBS DETROIT) – Former President Donald Trump returns to Michigan next week to speak at the 146th General Conference and Exposition of the National Guard Association of the United States.
According to the association’s website, Trump is scheduled to speak on Monday, the final day of the conference. Army and Air National Guard officers from all 50 states, three territories and the District of Columbia are scheduled to attend the conference at Huntington Place in Detroit.
More than 4,000 people have registered.
The association said it had also invited Vice President Kamala Harris to speak at the conference. It is currently unknown if she will attend.
Trump last spoke at the conference in 2016. Since 1992, the association has hosted at least one presidential candidate during election years.
“National Guard members are more than defenders of democracy, we are all participants,” retired Maj. Gen. Francis M. McGinn, the NGAUS president, said in a statement. “We want to know how the next administration will support the National Guard and whether the Guard will continue its prominent role in the National Defense Strategy.”
The visit follows Trump’s visit to Livingston County this week. The former president spoke at the Livingston County sheriff’s office, focusing on inflation, jobs, illegal immigration and law enforcement. His running mate, Senator J.D. Vance, held a press conference at Shelby Township Police Department earlier this month.
