'I don't see no stinking Nazis here!' Daily Mail goes behind the scenes at Trump's Madison Square Garden extravaganza - and reveals the surprising truth about the MAGA crowd that turned NYC red

As he strode into Madison Square Garden connected Sunday night, nan erstwhile president paused, soaking up nan chaotic applause of 20,000 chanting, whooping groupies.

Donald Trump, arguably nan world's top showman, had taken his run to nan world's top shape – ironically, successful a metropolis he believes wants to destruct him – to make his last bid for nan presidency.

Of nan metropolis wherever he still faces sentencing complete 34 felony convictions successful nan Stormy Daniels hush money case, nan existent property mogul declared: 'I'm backmost successful nan metropolis I love.'

His eldest boy Donald Jr had earlier stamped location that taxable to nan roaring MAGA hordes successful much spectacular fashion: 'The King of New York is backmost to reclaim nan metropolis that he built.'

Certainly, wrong and extracurricular nan arena, that emotion was being reciprocated.

Streets teemed pinch nan tens of thousands of Trump supporters. And those were nan ones who didn't make it into nan packed 19,700-seater arena.

All mode of MAGA fans had journeyed from acold and wide to scope nan Big Apple. There were 'Jesus for Trump' supporters, 'Jews for Trump' and moreover a group of 'Japanese for Trump'.

Waiting successful line, 62-year-old Amy Lee told maine she had fled communist Vietnam successful 1975 and her hubby Covan had been caught 18 times trying to flight earlier yet joining her successful nan United States.

This was Lee's 60th Trump rally and nan mates had traveled from San Diego, California. 'We don't return state for granted,' she said. 'We don't want to suffer this country. There's nary different spot to fly to.'

Sue Caddoo, 58, from Putnam County successful upstate New York, gushed: 'Trump is taking down nan heavy authorities and truthful galore group are oblivious that location moreover is simply a heavy state.'

Inside The Garden, successful midtown Manhattan, nan segment of truthful overmuch combative history, controversy, music, sporting joyousness and despair – Trump's supporters sewage what they came for… eventually. One needs patience and stamina for a Trump rally.

The five-hour show was a cautiously engineered and controlled spectacle, buffeting nan crowd betwixt showbiz razzmatazz and speakers who felt for illustration warm-up acts for nan warm-up acts.

There were shouty and foul-mouthed exclamations, and a comedian who delivered an astonishing reproach to nan 3.2 cardinal group of Puerto Rico.

The prima formed included vice statesmanlike nominee JD Vance, Elon Musk, Robert F. Kennedy Jr, nan accustomed Trump family clan, his flamboyant lawyer Alina Habba, erstwhile NYC politician Rudy Guiliani and moreover fallen erstwhile Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson.

Senior Trump advisor Dan Scavino was nan first to contradict parallels being drawn by Democrats, comparing nan rally to a Nazi gathering astatine The Garden successful 1939.

Retired WWF wrestler Hulk Hogan did nan aforesaid but successful a much forthright fashion. He stormed connected shape successful a fluorescent reddish boa and ripped disconnected his garment to his thumping soundtrack 'Real American', declaring: 'I don't spot immoderate stinking Nazis here.'

Failed statesmanlike hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy delivered a rabble-rousing capacity that included a vow to footwear 'three cardinal bureaucrats retired of nan heavy state'.

And Musk, who has fixed a staggering $119 cardinal to thief Trump triumph nan White House, was people exuberant pinch shades of an excited schoolboy. He claimed he could prevention nan state $2 trillion pinch a 'department of authorities efficiency.'

But nan arena was almost stunned into soundlessness successful nan opening minutes erstwhile arguable comedian Tony Hinchcliffe joked: 'There is virtually a floating land of garbage successful nan ocean. I deliberation it's called Puerto Rico.'

The remarks brought fury from galore quarters, including Puerto Rican vocalist Ricky Martin and a uncommon rebuke from Team Trump, which is often truthful hesitant to admit its mistakes.

The man himself yet emerged conscionable earlier 7:15pm - complete 2 hours precocious and introduced by his woman Melania, who stunned nan auditorium pinch a astonishment appearance, shimmering connected shape successful a zebra shape dress.

It was nan first run rally that nan erstwhile First Lady has appeared astatine this twelvemonth – and while she attended nan Republican National Convention successful Milwaukee successful July, she did not speak then.

'Let america complaint together pinch a shared imagination that builds connected American greatness,' Melania told nan cheering thousands. 'Let's prehend this infinitesimal and create a state for tomorrow — nan early that we deserve.'

'New York City and America request their magic back,' she smiled and said simply: 'And now…'

He was on.

Walking up to Melania to nan sound of Lee Greenwood's God Bless The USA, nan brace kissed each different 3 times connected nan feature and lingered successful a agelong hug.

This was not a infinitesimal to beryllium rushed.

And though nan erstwhile president provided a tighter capacity devoid of nan verbal wanderings that person afflicted galore of his caller speeches, wrong 50 minutes, respective 1000 had headed for nan exits.

Not retired of boredom, but possibly because these supporters had possibly seen capable of nan man they judge tin return America successful a different direction. We each cognize nan messages by now.

'This will beryllium America's caller aureate age.'

'Kamala, you're fired!'

'We will make America affordable again.'

'The United States is an occupied country… 9 days from now will beryllium liberation day.'

After an hr and 20 minutes, it was a wrap. Trump and Melania together again connected shape successful The Garden. A antheral vocalist belting retired Frank Sinatra's 'New York, New York'.

Trump surely came, he saw and vowed to conquer nan metropolis and authorities that has not turned reddish since Ronald Reagan's landslide re-election successful 1984.

Heather Ptak, 48, dressed successful all-red leather said: 'This is nan spot for him. This is nan spot for those who dream and it's clip to dream large again. He's a fighter. He's a fighter. He keeps showing up for nan group and I emotion that.'

Indeed, nan oft-repeated words 'fight, fight, fight', famously uttered by Trump moments aft nan July assassination effort successful Butler, Pennsylvania, were a taxable of nan night.

It was fitting for a venue that famously hosted nan first of 2 Muhammad Ali versus Joe Frazier battles pinch Ali losing nan first lucifer successful 1971.

Ali 'The Greatest' refused to publically admit conclusion to Fraiser and erstwhile they faced disconnected again successful 1974. That time, he won.

Trump's history pinch Madison Square Garden is yet to beryllium written.