{"id":766757,"date":"2026-05-01T21:45:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T21:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/766757\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T21:45:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T21:45:43","slug":"president-trump-speaks-to-crowd-in-the-villages-joined-by-dr-phil-on-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/766757\/","title":{"rendered":"President Trump speaks to crowd in The Villages; joined by Dr. Phil on stage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WATCH: President Trump speaks to crowd in The Villages; joined by Dr. Phil on stage<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/wesh.png\" class=\"lazyload lazyload-in-view branding\" alt=\"WESH logo\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tUpdated: 5:39 PM EDT May 1, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/article\/hearst-television-news-policy-statements\/14471973\" class=\"editorial-standards border-left\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Editorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPresident Donald Trump spent nearly two hours on stage at a rally in Central Florida on Friday afternoon. Trump was giving remarks at The Villages Charter School in Sumterville, where he spoke about no tax on tips, no tax on Social Security and putting seniors and workers first.He was joined briefly by Dr. Phil McGraw, a vocal supporter of the president. Crowds of Trump supporters started lining up outside the school early in the morning. Around 5,000 people were expected to attend. It was his first public appearance in Florida following an alleged third assassination attempt against him.Democrats held a protest about a mile from the event. Video below: Crowds line up ahead of eventVideo below: Trump arrives in Ocala Full replay of Trump&#8217;s speech  Video below: Dr. Phil joins Trump on stage in The Villages  The Villages The Villages is a census-designated area that spans across Sumter, Marion and Lake counties in Central Florida. The area is about 60 miles northwest of Orlando. Trump news\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump spent more than an hour on stage at a rally in Central Florida on Friday afternoon. <\/p>\n<p>Trump was giving remarks at The Villages Charter School in Sumterville where he spoke about no tax on tips, no tax on Social Security and putting seniors and workers first.<\/p>\n<p>He was joined briefly by Dr. Phil McGraw, a vocal supporter of the president. <\/p>\n<p>Crowds of Trump supporters started lining up outside the school early in the morning. Around 5,000 people were expected to attend. <\/p>\n<p>It was his first public appearance in Florida following an alleged third assassination attempt against him.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats held a protest about a mile from the event. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Video below: Crowds line up ahead of event<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Video below: Trump arrives in Ocala <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/><\/strong><strong>Full replay of Trump&#8217;s speech <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\tThis content is imported from YouTube.<br \/>\n\tYou may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Video below: Dr. Phil joins Trump on stage in The Villages <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/><\/strong><br \/>\n The Villages <\/p>\n<p>The Villages is a census-designated area that spans across Sumter, Marion and Lake counties in Central Florida. The area is about 60 miles northwest of Orlando. <\/p>\n<p>Trump news<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WATCH: President Trump speaks to crowd in The Villages; joined by Dr. Phil on stage Updated: 5:39 PM&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":766758,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[6290,2576,5208,50,123614,17820,1807,81607,26140,49413,711,314687,620,3046,314684,314683,314681,67,132,68,314686,314685,314682,17253],"class_list":["post-766757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","category-us","tag-door","tag-event","tag-friday","tag-news","tag-noon","tag-p-m","tag-president-trump","tag-registration","tag-remark","tag-senior","tag-social-security","tag-sumterville","tag-tax","tag-thursday-night","tag-trump-in-central-florida-today","tag-trump-rally","tag-trump-visit-the-villages","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us","tag-villages-charter-school","tag-where-is-the-villages-in-florida","tag-where-is-trump-today","tag-worker"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116501515277603997","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=766757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766757\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/766758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=766757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=766757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=766757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}