Trump and Minneapolis Mayor at Odds after City Requests Rally Payment Upfront

Posted on by Natalia Barreau, DI

Donald Trump has a new target as he and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey go back and forth on Twitter over a security payment being requested for a rally.

What we know:

  • In Minneapolis, city officials have attempted to pass a bill for a campaign rally Donald Trump planned to host in the Target Center arena. Officials say that the bill will total $530,000. AEG Management, which owns the arena, tried to secure payment from the Trump campaign, saying the event could not be held unless the bill was paid upfront. 
  • Trump and his and campaign team have spoken out about the fees calling it extortion, claiming a refusal to allow the rally to go ahead would be a breach of contract. In a letter to AEG Management, the Trump campaign’s legal team said it “will aggressively pursue all remedies available to it in law or equity.”
  • Trump’s campaign manager Brad Parscale wrote a tweet bashing the cities Mayor Jacob Frey stating, “@Jacob_Frey, is abusing his power in an attempt to block the President’s supporters from seeing him speak on Thursday.” Parscale also described the security fee for the event as “ridiculous” in a press release.
  • Jacob Frey has responded to Trump and campaign’s tweets calling him out stating the president “could afford to pay overtime for the city’s police officers.” At least 10 cities are still waiting on security payments from Trump campaign events, the largest outstanding payment is for more than $470,000 for a February rally in El Paso, and in Burlington, Vt., they are still waiting for payment from a rally in January of 2016.

Whether or not the rally will take place is still in question as city officials and the Trump campaign teamwork to come to some sort of agreement.

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