Donald Trump on Wednesday makes his first visit to Cincinnati since becoming president.
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Amid the firestorm centering on former FBI Director James Comey this week, President Donald Trump on Wednesday will visit an obscure location in Cincinnati to discuss a topic not on the minds of many Americans.
Trump will announce his plan for fixing the nation’s aging locks and dams systems at 1 p.m. from the private Rivertowne Marina along the Ohio River in the East End.
It will be Trump’s first visit to Cincinnati as president, and his first stop in the Queen City since he kicked off his nationwide victory tour at U. S. Bank Arena on Dec. 1.
Wednesday’s event is not open to the public, nor is it located anywhere near a locks and dam – the closest one of those being 30 miles up river in Clermont County.
Trump to speak at Rivertowne Marina on need to fix levees, dams and locks
Trump’s visit comes as Comey prepares to testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday about his conversations with the president before the Republican fired the top law enforcement administrator last month.
Trump lost Hamilton County in the November election, but the Republican dominated in every bordering county in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. His victory in Ohio played a key part in propelling Trump to the White House.
The president then wrested control of the state party from Gov. John Kasich in January, when Trump-backed Cincinnati native Jane Timken was voted Ohio Republican Party chair.
Trump repeatedly talked glowingly about Cincinnati during his campaign, recalling that one of his first real estate ventures was in Bond Hill in the early 1960s.
