Garbage truck that drove Trump in viral campaign moment heads to inaugural parade

It’s not each time that a garbage motortruck takes halfway signifier successful the statesmanlike spotlight, but for the Trump team, the "big, beautiful" MAGA truck is much than a conveyance – it’s a statement. 

The truck, which gained nationalist attraction during Donald Trump’s campaign, is acceptable to rotation into Washington, D.C., this play arsenic portion of the upcoming inaugural parade connected Monday. 

A Trump "Make America Great Again" 2024 run decal is enactment onto a garbage truck. ((Andrew Brisson / LoadMaster))

It archetypal captured headlines astatine a rally successful battleground Wisconsin past October, wherever then-candidate Trump climbed aboard wearing a agleam orangish reflective vest implicit his signature suit and tie.

The achromatic garbage truck, emblazoned with "Trump Make America Great Again 2024" connected its side, rapidly went viral, becoming an improbable yet effectual run symbol.

"The inaugural squad really reached retired to maine asking if we'd beryllium capable to supply a motortruck for the parade," said Loadmaster vice president Andrew Brisson during an interrogation with "Fox & Friends" connected Friday. "After making a fewer telephone calls, I was really capable to get the truck that we had astatine the rally retired determination for them."

Republican statesmanlike nominee erstwhile President Donald Trump climbs into a garbage motortruck Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024, arsenic helium arrives successful Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) (AP)

The stunt was portion of Trump’s effort to link with blue-collar voters, a demographic that played a captious relation successful his 2024 campaign. 

The garbage motortruck quality was a effect to comments by President Biden, who faced backlash aft referring to Trump supporters arsenic "garbage."

While Biden aboriginal clarified that his comments were meant to knock Trump’s demonization of Latinos, the remarks had already ignited a firestorm. 

"How bash you similar my garbage truck?" Trump asked reporters erstwhile helium arrived astatine the Green Bay rally. "This motortruck is successful grant of Kamala and Joe Biden." 

Brisson recalled however rapidly the Trump squad mobilized for the stunt, "The run squad had idiosyncratic down successful the Green Bay Area enactment unneurotic the magnets that we enactment connected the broadside of the truck. They picked up immoderate flags down there." 

Reflecting connected the acquisition of driving the motortruck with Trump connected board, Brisson shared his content of the president-elect. 

"He seemed similar idiosyncratic you could beryllium down with and person a speech with. For deficiency of a amended term, helium seemed similar a mean person."

For Brisson, Trump’s absorption connected economical issues and his transportation with blue-collar workers struck a chord. 

"The authorities of the system and inflation. Just the outgo of everything is the biggest (voting) factor," helium explained. "The system is the biggest contented successful my mind." Brisson's sentiment echoed the concerns of galore working-class voters who supported Trump during the 2024 campaign. 

Trump’s inaugural parade and Liberty Ball is expected to gully a premix of high-profile attendees, including Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon laminitis Jeff Bezos, and TikTok CEO Shou Chew. In an unexpected turn, Silicon Valley, historically left-leaning, has warmed to Trump since his November win, with tech giants donating millions to the inauguration event. 

However, immoderate notable figures, including erstwhile archetypal woman Michelle Obama and erstwhile House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, person opted to skip the event.

Supporters wearing garbage bags, get for a run rally for Republican statesmanlike nominee erstwhile President Donald Trump, astatine First Horizon Coliseum, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, successful Greensboro, NC.  (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

For Brisson, the accidental to beryllium portion of the inauguration festivities is an honor.

"Pretty excited to beryllium there," helium said. "Getting acceptable to alert retired this morning. Going to walk the play retired successful D.C. getting things acceptable for the parade … Very chill acquisition being portion of the Green Bay rally and driving Donald Trump successful the truck, and being capable to conscionable him."

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The garbage truck’s beingness successful the parade is expected to symbolize Trump’s ongoing entreaty to working-class voters, a cardinal radical that helped propel his 2024 run to success.