Trump takes the stage

Trump attack sanctuary cities, border policies

Trump took aim at sanctuary cities, calling them “sanctuary for criminals.” New York City is one, and Blakeman has pushed to differentiate Nassau County from such protections for immigrants.

Trump assailed a “stupid open borders policy," he says has attracted “drug dealers, prisoners, from all over the world."

"They came in from the Congo, they came in from South America,” he said.

Dozens of supporters were glued to their phone screens to film Trump. Local law enforcement working to secure the premises stopped to take photos with the president behind them.

Trump praises police, Blakeman

Trump began his remarks with praising law enforcement, telling the audience, “You have to… let them do their job. You won't have any problem. That includes right here on Long Island.”

He also called Blakeman “a great person and friend of mine for a long time.”

“He's going to win. I feel it,” Trump said, referring to Blakeman's run for governor. “Under Bruce, Nassau county has been rated the #1 safest county in the United States.”

The crowd erupted in cheers.

Nassau was first awarded that designation before Blakeman took office.

Trump also asked the crowd if there's anyone "in favor of defunding the police?”

The crowd shouted, “no!”

'A very special hello': Trump takes stage inside facility

Trump made his way to the stage at the police training center to cheers and chants of "USA." 

Hundreds of cell phones hoisted in the air taking photos and videos. 

“A very special, hello, Long Island!” Trump shouts. 

Outside, protesters of Trump's immigration policy unveiled a giant sign criticizing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in New York. 

There was a brief confrontation between protesters and Trump supporters in the protest area until they were separated by police.

No arrests were made and Trump supporters were given their own separate gated area

Trump event's playlist includes Michael Jackson, YMCA, and opera music

The audience has been inside the training facility for hours. After hearing classics like Michael Jackson's "Thriller" or The Village People's "YMCA" tune (a favorite of Trump's), attendees were treated to the sounds of Andrea Bocelli’s "Con te partirò," a love song about a couple's travels around the world. 

Here's a sample.

Police lock down roads by NCC as Trump makes way to training facility

Police have locked down roads to the college after helicopters flew overhead.

There is a small group of protesters in the protest areas and a small group of Trump supporters are outside, hoping to get in line to see the president.

Police are not letting anyone access to walk toward the college and the police training center

There is no broadcast outside of Trump’s speech.

Patel and Blanche tout Trump's law enforcement agenda

FBI Director Kash Patel, of Garden City, took the stage at 2:30 p.m. and spoke for several minutes.

He touted a 20% drop in homicides and a 20% drop in fatal drug overdoses nationally.

“It is such an honor to be here in Nassau County, back in my home,” Patel said.

Patel, whose parents are Indian immigrants of Gujrati ancestry from Uganda and Tanzania, said, “President Trump, I’m living the American dream because of you. I’m living the American dream because you backed the law and order. You backed the blue. You funded the police. You let the men and women in law enforcement put the handcuffs on bad guys instead of the handcuffs on them.”

Todd Blanche, the U.S. attorney general and Trump's former personal lawyer, said that under Trump 170,000 criminals have been charged, 50,000 more than under Biden in the same time period.

He said the government under Trump has targeted drug cartels and drew life sentences.

“I was recently confirmed as attorney general of the United States. And I am not taking my foot off the gas.” He said he would work until others places in America are “as safe as Nassau County.”

Blakeman addresses audience

Blakeman took the stage just after 2:15 p.m. He spoke for about 10 minutes.

“Welcome to the safest county in America!” he shouted into a crowd of hundreds.

Blakeman spent several minutes shouting out local Republicans and law enforcement officials. He also welcomed Orna and Ronen Neutra, the parents of 21-year-old Israeli soldier Omer Neutra of Plainview, who was killed in the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks.

Newly-appointed Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel have ties to Long Island, Blakeman noted. Blanche’s wife is from Nassau County and Patel himself is from Garden City.

Blakeman spent several minutes talking about criminal immigrants who allegedly committed violent crimes across Nassau County.

“Kathy Hochul, where do you want these guns? What neighborhood do you and to destroy? Where do you want those illegal migrants with criminal records to live?”

Less than 5% of immigrants detained in Nassau under Blakeman’s partnership had violent criminal convictions, Newsday has reported.

GOP target Democrats in warm-up speeches

Democrats are the villains of the warm-up rally, drawing boos and jeers from Trump supporters and assembled cops, sheriff’s deputies, jail guards, probation officers and hundreds of others.

Though he was physically miles away, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani was a central character at Friday’s event in Uniondale. Mamdani, said Hempstead receiver of taxes Jeanine C. Driscoll, is a “lunatic mayor.”

Nassau Republicans leaned heavy on the “Mamdani effect,” rallying voters by aligning Democrats with Mamdani, who they dubbed as a pro-criminal Communist.

It’s a strategy that political analysts say helped drive the highest voter turnout in a decade last November in Nassau.

Tom Suozzi, said his challenger Mike LiPetri, is a two-faced liar.

Joe Biden, said Rep. Andrew Garbarino, let in millions of illegal immigrants and endangered the country.

Meantime, security has ramped up in anticipation of Trump’s visit with police closing while helicopters, including a quad helicopter and police helicopters circle overhead.

Trump lands in NYC, en route to Nassau County

Trump landed at New York's Kennedy Airport shortly after 2 p.m.

Speaking with reporters briefly before departing for New York on Friday afternoon, Trump praised a record low in border crossings, among other parts of his agenda.

"The country is doing incredibly," Trump told reporters.

Upon arriving at Kennedy, the president boarded an Osprey helicopter to take him to Uniondale for Friday's event focused on crime and law enforcement.

Meantime, Rep. Andrew Garbarino, who chairs the House Homeland Security Committee, was among those who spoke at the Nassau County Policy Academy David S. Mack Center for Training and Intelligence. Mike LiPetri, the Republican nominee vying for the 3rd Congressional District seat, also spoke. 

Former congressman warms up the crowd

Anthony D'Esposito, the ex-congressman and city cop who is currently inspector general of the U.S. Department of Labor, walked onstage to warm up the crowd as Dolly Parton’s “Jolene” played.

He called New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, without naming him, “a communist, hate-driven mayor.”
The first mention of Mamdani — by Jeanine C. Driscoll,  the elected receiver of taxes for Hempstead Town — drew boos.

“Today, I want to send a clear, undeniable message to those radical lunatic politicians sitting in City Hall,” Driscoll said, “that pro criminal soft on crime agenda is never, ever coming to Nassau County.” She called Mamdani a “lunatic mayor."

D'Esposito said that Trump is rooting out fraud, having “unleashed federal law enforcement” to combat it.

“Never forget who stood with you," D'Esposito said. "Never forget who backed you when others attacked you, and never forget who believes that the men and women willing to run towards danger deserve the respect of their country. Donald J. Trump is the greatest friend.”

D'Esposito wasn't the only former congressman inside. Also spotted was former Rep. Peter King.

Blakeman addresses reporters, questions latest gubernatorial poll showing him down

Blakeman spoke to reporters just after 1:30 p.m., about an hour and a half before Trump was set to take the stage.

He questioned recent polling that showed Hochul had a 10-point lead in the governor’s race, something he's said about past polling.

At this point in the campaign, Blakeman is closer than Republican Lee Zeldin was in August 2022 when he ran against Hochul.

Coming up against a 5 p.m. deadline to announce plans on how to end Nassau’s partnership with ICE, Blakeman said, “I'll make a decision after consulting with our lawyers.”

He slammed Hochul and New York City Zohran Mamdani for calling him “cruel” for partnering with ICE, pointing to several recent arrests of immigrants accused of crimes.

Blakeman also, inaccurately, called Mamdani a “communist,” a line he's touted frequently on the campaign trail while aligning him with Hochul. He also called Mamdani anti-American and antisemitic.

Blakeman's remarks came as Rabbi Elie Weinstock, Nassau's police chaplain, led an invocation.

“We ask your blessing on President Trump as he leads our nation,” Weinstock said to applause and cheers.

Anti-Trump protesters clear protest zone before urging supporters to come out and vote

The protest area was empty Friday afternoon, about two hours ahead of the president’s visit.

On Friday morning, more than 100 people and elected officials rallied against President Trump and Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman.

Firing up the crowd was Hempstead civil rights lawyer Fred Brewington, who led chants and rallied voters to bring their friends to the polls. 

“We come together because we have an intention. Yes, we have an intention to make a change,” Brewington said. “I'm claiming a future for the people that want to live on Long Island when they grow up and can't afford to stay here.”

Event's message: 'Make America Safe Again'

It's a party.

Hundreds of eager Trump supporters filled the bleachers, many wearing red "Make America Great Again" caps, and others sporting flashier outfits, like a sequined "ICE ICE Baby" jacket — a nod to Trump and Blakeman’s unity on immigration enforcement. At least one woman was rallying the crowd by dancing to "YMCA," by The Village People. 

The message at the event — plastered on posters across the venue and displayed on massive TV screens — was "Making America Safe Again."

Trump is expected to speak about how violent crime is down nationally. Blakeman for years has touted how Nassau has become the safest county in the United States under his watch. But it's a designation that predated him, first given to Nassau under former County Executive Laura Curran, a Democrat.

In sweltering sun, supporters show off patriotic spirit among friends

Trump supporters stood in line for hours in the merciless sun waiting to get in to the event.

Some had been to many rallies, for others this would be their first. Many wore red MAGA hats or Trump-inspired shirts, even earrings. A common story among many supporters was that they hadn't been interested in politics until Trump announced his candidacy in 2015.

"It's just a bunch of patriots getting together, trying to save America from Democratic socialism," said Robert Mannino 18, a sophomore at CUNY Staten Island said of the festive atmosphere around him. Mannino sported a white "47" hat that he said was from Turning Point USA, the organization started by the late right-wing activist Charlie Kirk. "I'm so excited because this is my first President Trump rally."

Mannino, who is treasurer of his college chapter of Turning Point USA said he arrived at 7 a.m. to get in line.

By the time security started letting them in, the line had swelled to hundreds of people.

Earlier in the day a Trump impersonator had taken photos with the crowd. As the morning wore on, people drank water and at one point bags of popcorn were thrown to the crowd.

As one woman spoke to her companions of what she called the Muslim infiltration of America, they snacked on Cedar Valley pita chips, a Canadian brand started by Lebanese immigrants.

Christine Dellacona, 59, a legal secretary from Massapequa, said she was "never interested in politics until he [Trump] came on the scene."

Today she wore Trump earrings — heart-shaped with "Trump 2024" written inside and a T-shirt that said, "I'm still a Trump Girl, I Make No Apologies."

"I just love that he's not a politician. He's authentic, he's not afraid to say what he's thinking," Dellacona said. She said maybe Trump says the wrong thing sometimes, "but at least he's not lying "

Dellacona said the crowd was "so loving," adding, "All Trump supporters are very loving."

Victor Ducos, 42, of Medford, who works in food delivery and trades derivatives, said he got into politics when Trump entered the presidential race in 2015.

"The mighty Don, president of the United States, gets me pumped up," Ducos said. "I was registered as a Democrat and then Don's power came into me."

He said that politicians steal money "while we're busting our humps." Asked about Trump making money while in office Ducos said, "He doesn't have to do this, he could be chilling but he's sacrificing himself to make our country better."

Shortly before noon a large group was led in front of the people who had been waiting for hours. Someone commented, “They're VIPs.” Among them was Hempstead Town spokesman Casey Sammon. A few minutes before noon security started letting the crowd file in, first to throw away any banned items.

“No liquid! No bags! no food!” a security guard shouted. Then they passed by a dog from the Nassau Police Department K-9 unit for additional security checks. The crowd of perhaps more than 200 people was gone by 12:12 p.m. but more latecomers trickled in.

Nassau police commissioner takes selfies at Trump event

Nassau Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder made a brief appearance to mingle and take photos with audience members. Ryder and Blakeman are coming up against a 5 p.m. deadline to tell state officials how they plan to unwind Nassau’s agreement with ICE. Gov. Kathy Hochul’s office said as of this morning, they had not received a letter from the police department.

Hochul told Newsday earlier this week that she’s seen no sign that Blakeman has taken any steps to wind down the agreements.

Trump leaves White House on way to New York

WASHINGTON — Trump departed the White House shortly after 12:45 p.m. Friday, boarding presidential helicopter Marine One for the first leg of his trip to New York.

Trump, joined by outgoing White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, boarded Marine One en route to Joint Base Andrews, where he will then take the presidential plane, Air Force One, to Kennedy Airport before being shuttled to Uniondale.

Rally-like vibe inside training facility as crowds gather

With Michael Jackson's "Thriller" blaring in the background, crowds began find their spots for Trump's announcement. 

There were rally-like vibes by early afternoon as law enforcement personnel were seen sitting in the David S. Mack Center for Training and Intelligence. 

Hundreds of spectators — some in MAGA hats, some in county police or sheriff's officer uniforms — arrived at the academy gym nearly three hours before Trump was due to speak from a lectern in the center of the room.  Among those in attendance are WABC conservative shock jock Sid Rosenberg. 

Some key local Republicans also took their seats early, including former congressman Peter King, of Seaford, a confidential advisor to Blakeman; the GOP candidate for state attorney general, Saritha Komatireddy; and several Nassau Republican legislators.

Near training facility, lieutenant governor running mate leads protest

Nassau County and state Democrats rallied Friday at Nassau Community College to protest the visit by Trump and Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman.

State and county legislators spoke out against Trump's visit as a campaign stunt to promote Blakeman's run for governor.

Former New York City Council speaker and lieutenant governor candidate Adrienne Adams called on supporters to denounce Trump's agenda, including denying temporary protection status to Haitian Americans and cuts to Medicaid.

"That fight starts right here in moments like these, when we speak up and reject Donald Trump and Bruce Blakeman's extremism," Adams said. "Because Bruce Blakeman isn't just backing Trump; he is his loudest cheerleader."

Adams denounced Blakeman's partnership with ICE and vowed protections under Gov. Kathy Hochul.

Elmont Democrats Assemb. Michaelle Solages and her brother, Nassau County Legis. Carrié Solages, noted that they are of Haitian descent, and said ICE has been doing sweeps of Long Island families.

Carrié Solages warned that ICE agents may be at polling sites in November.

He also said Blakeman had been politicizing public safety, lambasting Hochul while not addressing recent homicides in Nassau, including a shooting at Eisenhower Park.

Protesters also centered their message around affordability.

Carrié Solages said Blakeman has not addressed Nassau's troubled assessment system while other rising cost of living expenses are forcing people to leave Long Island.

"People can't afford to live here, and we need to do something about it," Solages said.

Popcorn for the people

People were throwing bags of All-American Kettle Corn to the crowd waiting to get into the appearance by Trump in Nassau today. Alas, they had to eat the bag quickly, as food wasn't allowed to be brought into the venue.

Hochul, AG James: Nassau must comply with new law banning ICE cooperation

Trump's visit to Long Island comes on the same day that Nassau and 11 other New York counties must submit a plan to state officials for terminating their cooperation agreements with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Gov. Kathy Hochul and Attorney General Letitia James, in a statement released ahead of Trump's visit Friday, issued a reminder to Nassau that it must comply with the new state law banning the use of local law enforcement agents to enforce Trump's mass deportation effort.

“Local police should be focused on one thing: keeping their communities safe," Hochul and James wrote in a joint statement. "Since we notified the 12 law enforcement agencies with 287(g) agreements, five have told us they intend to comply with state law. The seven remaining agencies, including the Nassau County Sheriff’s Office and Police Department, have 11 days to formally unwind their agreements with ICE."

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, Hochul's Republican challenger in this year's governor's race, has railed against the new state law, arguing Nassau should be able to continue assisting federal immigration agents.

Hochul and James in their statement said: “The safety of New Yorkers is our top priority. That’s why New York passed these laws, why we will enforce them, and why we will continue standing up to federal overreach. Our job is to enforce the law, and that is exactly what we plan on doing.”

Protesters to Trump: 'You're not welcome here in Nassau County'

Protesters have started assembling at Nassau Community College, hours before Trump's expected appearance.

The several dozen protesters gathered in what is being called the "free speech area," set up in a parking lot at the entrance to the college. The protest area is in front of the college gates, about a half mile from the police training center where Trump is scheduled to speak this afternoon with Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, who is running for governor on the Republican ticket.

The training center is in a secure area on a closed road at the far end of the campus.

Many held signs criticizing Trump. Others held signs protesting Blakeman and the region's high cost of living. At one point, protesters broke into a chant of, "What do we want? Affordability! When do we want it? Now!"

State Assemb. Michaelle Solages (D-Elmont) said the protest was intended to send a message that Trump was not welcome.

"We want to raise our voice in a peaceful way and let people know, especially President Trump, that this is not acceptable and you're not welcome here in Nassau County because you're making it unaffordable for New Yorkers," Solages said.

NYS Democratic Party chair: Trump and Blakeman are 'failing this state'

New York State Democratic Party chairman Jay Jacobs, who also heads the Nassau Democratic committee, took aim at Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman's close relationship with President Donald Trump ahead of the latter's visit to Long Island Friday afternoon.

Jacobs, in a statement released by the state party, said Friday morning that Trump and Blakeman — the Republican gubernatorial candidate running against Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul — "are failing this state, and New Yorkers know it."

"Trump’s agenda is Blakeman’s agenda: the same cruel healthcare cuts, the same skyrocketing costs, and the same attacks on our public safety," Jacobs said.

He added: “Every time Donald Trump hurts this state, Blakeman supports it — from illegal tariffs, to masked, unaccountable ICE agents abusing their power, to baseless claims about stealing elections. New Yorkers want no part of it.”

Newsday has reported that, despite Trump's low poll numbers, Blakeman continues to publicly embrace his close ties with the president.

Trump supporters gathering at police center ahead of presidential visit

About 50 Trump supporters had gathered Friday morning at the David S. Mack Center for Training and Intelligence in Uniondale, ahead of the president's scheduled appearance this afternoon.

“I always wanted to see the president,” said Fred Haslett, 73. “I don't agree with everything, but overall he's doing a great job.”

Haslett, a retired telecom worker, wore a red MAGA hat. He said he was happy that Trump “closed the border.”

“I like what ICE is doing,” Haslett said. “I don't like what's happening to them. They’ve been vilified. They're just enforcing the law.”

Trump will join Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, who is running for governor on the Republican ticket, to tour the county police department’s facilities at Nassau Community College. Police were standing guard at the college Friday morning, directing people to a protest area set up about a half mile away and parking for visitors to the Nassau police training and intelligence center.

A few cars were trickling into the college, but no protesters had arrived by 9 a.m.

Newsday's John Asbury contributed to this report.

Trump: Blakeman is 'MAGA all the way'

President Donald Trump gave his "Complete and Total Endorsement" of Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman in a TruthSocial post Thursday.

"Bruce is MAGA all the way, and has been with me from the very beginning," Trump wrote. "As Nassau County Executive, he is working tirelessly with the Brave Heroes of ICE, Border Patrol, and Law Enforcement to Keep Our Border SECURE, Stop Migrant Crime, Safeguard our Community, and Ensure LAW AND ORDER. As your next Governor, Bruce will continue to fight hard to Grow the Economy, Cut Taxes, and Regulations, Promote MADE IN THE U.S.A., Champion American Energy DOMINANCE, Strengthen our Military/Veterans, Advance Election Integrity, and Protect our always under siege Second Amendment!"

Blakeman is running on the Republican ticket for governor against Gov. Kathy Hochul.

Trump is scheduled to visit Nassau County Friday afternoon, where he will join Blakeman to tour the county police department’s facilities at Nassau Community College.

Road closures, delays expected during Trump's visit to Nassau County today

President Donald Trump on Friday will visit the Nassau County Police Department’s David S. Mack Training Center and the Nassau County police village.

Officials have warned that Trump’s arrival will result in road closures from about 1 to 5 p.m. in communities surrounding Nassau Community College in Uniondale. The visit is expected to cause delays, and residents are urged to avoid the area.

Trump will join Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman to tour the police department’s facilities at Nassau Community College, including a replica training village that helps officers prepare tactically for emergencies at sites such as a school, businesses and on an LIRR car.

The president and Blakeman are expected to address a small gathering of ticketed public visitors at the training facility.

The planned visit is described as a public safety forum and to honor Nassau County police and first responders, Blakeman said. Blakeman is running on the Republican ticket for governor against Gov. Kathy Hochul and has received Trump’s endorsement.

Policy meeting, 'executive time' on Trump's agenda before LI visit

Even before he arrives on Long Island on Friday, President Trump will have had a busy day.

According to the president's schedule, Trump will participate in "Executive Time" at the White House at 8 a.m. That will be followed by a policy meeting in the Oval Office at 11 a.m. and "signing time" at noon.

Trump will then depart the White House for Long Island, according to the schedule. He is expected to deliver remarks at Nassau's David S. Mack Center for Training and Intelligence at 3 p.m.

The schedule says he will then leave Long Island for Bedminster, New Jersey, where he has a golf course.

When was the last time Trump visited Nassau County?

Trump last visited Nassau County about a year ago for the September 2025 Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black.

As he stepped off Air Force One, Blakeman met him at the bottom of the steps to walk toward the green.

“He’s done a phenomenal job,” Trump said of Blakeman. “He has my complete and total endorsement, and he’s a really great guy.”

In September 2024, Trump held a campaign rally at the Nassau Coliseum that drew tens of thousands of people. He spoke for 90 minutes.

In December 2024 — just after becoming the first Republican presidential candidate to win Nassau in more than three decades — Trump visited Brookville. He was honored by Sean Hannity at a Fox Nation event at LIU Post as “Patriot of the Year.”

The president has made several recent trips to New York City. He attended a FIFA reception last month at Trump Tower in Manhattan, and the final World Cup match at MetLife Stadium. In June, he became the first sitting U.S. president to attend the NBA Finals when he cheered on the Knicks at Madison Square Garden for Game 3.

Friday marks Trump’s first visit to the Nassau County Police Department Center for Training and Intelligence in Uniondale, but FBI Director Kash Patel visited the site in March. Patel, who grew up in Garden City, touted lower murder rates and an increase in fentanyl seizures after meeting with Blakeman, Nassau Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder and former Congressman Peter King.

Trump visit comes after ethics panel said VP Vance did not break ethics rules in trip to LI

With Trump set to arrive in Nassau County, a government ethics office has determined Vice President JD Vance did not violate restrictions on partisan politics during his own earlier event on Long Island.

That Vance June 17 appearance in Bethpage had been publicly announced by the White House as a non-political event focused on rooting out fraud and waste. Similarly, the Trump event is also being billed as tied to policy — this one, law enforcement policy.

But what evolved in Bethpage was instead a sort of political pep rally, and attacks against the local Democratic congressman, in which Vance urged voters to "kick crazy Tom Suozzi the hell out of Washington” and back Mike LiPetri, the Republican nominee for the 3rd Congressional District.

Suozzi, who had not been invited, responded with a complaint to the Office of Government Ethics, raising whether taxpayer dollars were used for Vance to travel to and from what Suozzi viewed as a political event. He sought an accounting and breakdown of the "federal, state, and local taxpayer funds used for the Vice President’s campaign appearance in my district.”

The OGE has since responded but did not directly answer the thrust of Suozzi’s inquiry on whether taxpayers footed Vance’s appearance.

Instead, the OGE has advised Suozzi in a letter that the vice president and president are excluded from the restrictions of a federal law, known as the Hatch Act, that precludes political activity by other federal civilian executive branch employees.

“Because the Vice President is expressly excluded from the Hatch Act and is not subject to its restrictions, OGE will take no further action regarding this matter,” wrote Erica Hamrick, who signed the letter as deputy chief of the office’s Hatch Act Unit.

The OGE has declined to discuss its finding with Newsday, through a spokesman. Suozzi also sent a similar complaint letter to the office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, but the congressman had yet to hear back on that complaint.

Trump to focus on drop in crime across the U.S.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is expected to use his visit to Long Island to tout a national drop in violent crime, but the Uniondale event during a critical election year will also likely touch on his immigration crackdown as he looks to gin up support for local GOP candidates on two issues that have propelled his party’s recent victories.

White House officials have said Friday’s event at the Nassau County Police Department’s training center will focus on the release of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s annual crime statistics report. But political analysts say Trump will likely look to rally support for Nassau County executive and GOP gubernatorial nominee Bruce Blakeman and other Long Island Republican candidates by presenting a tough-on-crime and tough-on-immigration enforcement message.

"It’s not the first time that Trump has gone to Long Island to push a law-and-order agenda," said Lawrence Levy, executive dean of Hofstra University’s National Center for Suburban Studies, noting Trump’s 2024 campaign rally at the Nassau Coliseum, his 2018 appearance in Bethpage for a roundtable talk on the MS-13 gang and a 2017 stop at Suffolk Community College to talk about his immigration enforcement plans.

Trump is scheduled to land in New York on the deadline for Nassau and 11 other law enforcement agencies to submit their plans to the state for terminating cooperation agreements that allowed local officers to work with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in assisting the president’s mass deportation agenda.

Read more about Trump's expected messaging here.

Trump's top two law enforcement officials have Long Island links

Among the law enforcers who will join Trump on his visit to Nassau County: FBI Director Kash Patel and Attorney General Todd Blanche.

Blanche, who was once Trump’s personal lawyer, he represented a Great Neck ophthalmologist over allegations of fraud about five years ago, according to an article earlier this year in Vanity Fair magazine published after the representation went sour.

Vanity Fair summarized it: “A fake Mossad agent. Twin grifters. The nation’s top lawman. A head-spinning legal drama has the attorney general fighting off accusations of forgery, malpractice, and more.” A Justice Department spokesperson, in an email sent after the magazine published, said its account is from the “perspective of convicted fraudsters” and called the magazine a “gossip rag.”

As for Patel, he worked as a golf caddie at the Garden City Country Club while in high school and grew to know defense lawyers who inspired him to switch from dreams of working in medicine, according to his memoir.

"There were a lot of very wealthy members and important New Yorkers who hit the links there, but a few guys in particular always caught my attention. It was a group of defense lawyers," he wrote. "Of course, when they got on the course, they always talked business, and they had some of the most interesting (and sometimes terrifying) stories about their clients and the high drama of the courtroom. I didn’t understand exactly what they did, but being a lawyer seemed interesting.”