The Madison Square Garden in New York yesterday was filled with the red hats of supporters of the Republican presidential candidate Donald Trumpwho appeared as the savior of the USA which was “destroyed” by Kamala Harrisin a pre-election rally marked by insults against immigrants and especially Puerto Ricans.

Trump, a New York celebrity for decades, wanted to use this opportunity, in the 20,000-capacity “most famous stadium in the world,” to present his final arguments against his rival Kamala Harris, although the last time New York state supported a Republican candidate was 1984.

Trump has spoken at length about his plans to stop it illegal immigration and to deport immigrants, whom he described as “evil and bloodthirsty criminals».

“On the first day (of my presidency) I will begin the largest deportation program in American history,” the billionaire said.

“I will save every city and town that has been overrun and taken over” by immigrants, he explained to cheers from the crowd.

Trump called Harris “person with low intelligence“, accusing her of “destroying the country (…) Kamala is fired, go!”.

The 78-year-old former president has pledged to ban sanctuary cities for undocumented immigrants who refuse to cooperate with federal authorities and implement immigration policy. He also promised to invoke a 1798 “enemy alien” law and deport all immigrants with criminal records.

A long list of speakers, from the former wrestler Hulk Hogan and the former Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson as the former mayor of New York Rudy Giulianithe former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr and Trump’s sons, Mr Eric and him Don Junioropened the event.

Some were racist and misogynistic comments to warm up the audience.

Giuliani, Trump’s former personal lawyer, falsely claimed that Harris was “on the side of the terrorists” in the war between Israel and Hamas.

From the stage, a Trump adviser, hard-right Stephen Miller, stressed that “America is for Americans and only Americans,” while David Reb, 60, a staunch Trump supporter who works at a cleaning company and lives in Queens, called Harris the “antichrist” and held a crucifix in front of the cheering crowd.

Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe quipped that Hispanics “like to make babies” and called Puerto Rico, a US territory in the Caribbean, “an island of garbage floating in the middle of the ocean.”

Danielle Alvarez, an adviser to Trump’s campaign, told Reuters the joke about Puerto Rico “does not reflect the views of President Trump or his campaign.”

Puerto Ricans are US citizens, but cannot vote in US elections. However, millions of Puerto Ricans who have moved to the mainland can vote, and a large community of them lives in the impoverished state of Pennsylvania.

Earlier yesterday, Harris visited a Puerto Rican restaurant in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania’s largest city, and posted a video on social media in which she pledged to “invest in the future of Puerto Rico.”

In 2016, Trump’s opponent, Hillary Clinton, accused him of “re-enacting” a pro-Nazi rally held in Madison Square Garden in 1939, before the outbreak of World War II.

The Republican’s critics have long accused him of bolstering white supremacists by using racist language.

“Today this is Donald Trump’s home,” Hulk Hogan said yesterday. He also rejected accusations that the Republican is a fascist: “I don’t see a Nazi here,” he said.

The billionaire Elon Muskwho is backing Trump’s re-election through the platform of X and his vast fortune, was welcomed by the crowd chanting, “Ilon, Ilon.” “That positive energy is the essence of America,” he replied.

Trump claimed in his speech that Americans are worse off today than they were four years ago. He announced new policy to provide tax relief for those who care for a parent or other family member.

In fact, he boasted about his foreign policy during his presidency and emphasized that while he is president he will not start new wars. Although he added that if a war breaks out between the US and China, “we will tear them apart.”

Polls show Harris and Trump neck and neck in the swing states that will decide the outcome of the presidential election.

More than 38 million people have already voted across the country.