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The US president is visiting the very liberal California for the third time in his tenure on Tuesday, September 17th, and for the first time he will be in the very "anti-Trump" area of San Francisco. So to avoid any counter-demonstration in this democratic bastion, the very private places of his visit will be kept secret until the last moment.
With our correspondent in San Francisco, Éric de Salves
Only a few wealthy Republican donors know where the US president is going this Tuesday. Because if Donald Trump is in California, it is only to raise funds to finance the campaign for his reelection in 2020 . And for dinner at the Donald Trump table at this San Francisco area night, count $ 100,000 for two people.
This is a very chic and private party so, only to raise funds in this part of the United States where Donald Trump is yet the most hated and where his party achieves its lowest scores.
Already three million dollars of funds raised
Paradoxically, this does not prevent the American president from collecting a lot of money for his re-election. Already more than three million dollars is more than any of the Democratic candidates. In California, Donald Trump retains strong allies even if the "Golden State" continues to claim as the exact antithesis of its policy including its favorite themes: immigration and the environment.
This challenge is essentially played out in federal courts. Xavier Beccera, the California Attorney General has already launched 59 lawsuits against Trump administration reforms.
As with each of his visits to California, the president will be this time still discreet. To avoid any demonstration, the places of his visit are kept secret and no public meeting is planned in this liberal bastion which Donald Trump makes the ideal foil in the eyes of his followers.