Trump’s Texas Focus
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump made his 13th visit to Texas since taking office in 2017.
Aug. 29, 2017: Corpus Christi, Austin — Days after Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Rockport, Trump meets with disaster response officials.
Sept. 2, 2017: Houston — Trump assesses Harvey’s destruction.
Oct. 25, 2017: Dallas —Trump receives a hurricane recovery update, then attends a fundraiser.
May 4, 2018: Dallas — Trump attends the National Rifle Association convention.
May 31, 2018: Houston and Dallas — Trump meets with survivors of the mass shooting at Santa Fe High School and attends GOP fundraising events in Houston and Dallas.
Oct. 22, 2018: Houston — Trump holds a rally at the Toyota Center to support U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz’s reelection campaign.
Jan. 10, 2019: McAllen — Trump holds a round-table discussion with Border Patrol agents and talks up his border wall. Feb. 11: El Paso — Trump delivers a speech standing beneath a bright red “Finish the Wall” banner.
April 10: San Antonio, Houston and Crosby — Trump and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick highlight what the president calls a humanitarian crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border. Trump also signs an executive order to allow construction of oil and gas pipelines.
Aug. 7: El Paso — Trumps visits days the city after a mass shooting that left 22 dead and 26 wounded.
Sept. 22: Houston — Trump welcomes Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a nod to the state’s fastest-growing minority group.
Oct. 17: Fort Worth and Keene — After a fundraising luncheon, Trump visits a Louis Vuitton factory in Keene to highlight manufacturing gains in Texas. In Dallas, he holds a rally at the American Airlines Center.
Nov. 20: Austin — Trump tours an Apple campus in northwest Austin.