'Some birthday' Trump huffs as he stops at Cuban sandwich shop - The Telegraph

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Donald Trump stopped at a Cuban cafe in Miami minutes after pleading not guilty in his classified documents case, remarking that his historic court appearance had spoilt his birthday.

The former president turns 77 on June 14, and the crowds who turned out to see Mr Trump at the Versailles Cuban restaurant sang “Happy Birthday” to him.

“Some birthday. Some birthday,” Mr Trump huffed. “We’ve got a government that is out of control.”

Soon after leaving the courthouse, the former president’s convoy of about a dozen SUVs made a surprise stop at the restaurant, a favourite spot with politicians campaigning in Miami known as the “world’s most famous Cuban restaurant”.

A crowd of flag-waving supporters was waiting outside, and the restaurant was packed inside.

Mr Trump stood with several religious leaders in the restaurant and they prayed with him.

Mr Trump, pictured here praying in the cafe, was accompanied by his valet who has also been charged Credit: AP Photo

Amid cheers he then declared “Food for everyone!”

He also posed with a supporter for a photograph and said: “Don’t fight him”.

Condemning the case against him, Mr Trump told the crowd: “We have a rigged and corrupt country. We have a nation in decline and then they do this stuff.

“We love the people. You see the crowds.”

The Versailles restaurant is a popular venue for politicians campaigning in Miami Credit: Alex Brandon/AP

Miami-Dade County, where the restaurant is, has a majority Hispanic electorate, and Mr Trump significantly increased his vote share there in 2020.

In 2016 he lost the county by 29 points to Hillary Clinton, but in 2020 he only lost it by seven points to Joe Biden.

Republican candidates have increasingly been campaigning in Miami-Dade, and visiting the Versailles, as the area shifts to the right.

In 2021 Fox News held a town hall for Republican candidates at the restaurant.

In 2016 large crowds gathered outside the Versailles banging pots and pans and blaring car horns when Fidel Castro died.

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