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Live updates: Trump to visit Massie’s district in Kentucky today
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- President Donald Trump is visiting Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District on March 11.
- The visit follows public disagreements between Trump and Massie on various issues.
- Trump has endorsed Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein to run against Massie in the Republican primary.
President Donald Trump will be in the Bluegrass State on March 11, visiting a congressional district he’s had his eye on for some time.
Trump is set to speak at a Verst Logistics facility in Hebron, Kentucky, near Cincinnati. Doors to the event open at 1 p.m., with Trump expected to speak just before 5 p.m., according to information sent to registered guests.
The visit will take place in Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District, where U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie has built a loyal following since taking office in 2012.
That following is now being put to the test as Trump attempts to oust Massie from office, following months of public disagreements over Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” and America’s involvement in Iran. The pair’s feud hit a fever pitch in fall 2025, when the congressman helped lead the push for the release of millions of files related to the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.
Trump personally courted Ed Gallrein to run against Massie in the Republican primary, endorsing the Navy SEAL even before he launched his campaign.
Trump is scheduled to stop by Thermo Fisher Scientific in the Cincinnati suburb of Reading before heading to Northern Kentucky.
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Traffic could be disrupted during Trump’s visit, with a spokesperson for the U.S. Secret Service saying residents and visitors near Hebron and Reading can expect “intermittent road closures and parking restrictions.”
Boone County Sheriff’s spokesman Lieutenant Anthony Theetge recommended motorists avoid the area near the event if possible.
Massie challenged primary opponent Gallrein to a debate and said Trump could moderate it, during a Campbell County Republican Committee meeting March 9, where he was the guest speaker.
Massie said he did not plan to attend Trump’s event in Northern Kentucky, according to reporting from the Cincinnati Enquirer, but he was “actually glad to see the president in our district and paying attention to local issues. I suspect he’s also going to try to help my opponent but that’s really all my opponent has going for him.”
A pre-program for Trump’s event in Hebron is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m., with remarks from Trump at 4:50 p.m., according to information sent to registered guests.
Trump is scheduled to make two stops in the Greater Cincinnati area on March 11.
He’ll first visit Thermo Fisher Scientific, a pharmaceutical and biotechnology company, in Reading, Ohio, to discuss TrumpRx.gov, a new prescription drug website.
Later, he’ll head to a Verst Logistics contract packaging facility in Hebron, Kentucky. The purpose of that visit was not disclosed in an invitation for the event.
Trump has been in Kentucky at least five times since he first campaigned for office in 2016. That year, he stopped at the Kentucky Exposition Center during his “Make America Great Again” campaign tour and returned two months later for a convention of the National Rifle Association.
He last visited the commonwealth in 2022 to attend the Kentucky Derby, where he received mixed reactions from those in the crowd.