Former President Donald Trump visited the Harlem bodega on Tuesday following the second day of his hush-money trial, where store clerk Jose Alba, 61, defended himself against a violent customer in July 2022.

Alba faced arrest and second-degree murder charges after he stabbed Austin Simon, 35, who was captured on video assaulting him behind the counter. However, the charges against Alba were subsequently dropped, and he is now suing the city, Breitbart News reported.

Donald Trump got what some would characterize as a hero’s welcome by a large crowd as he pulled up to what an online video report described as a bodega in Harlem after his second day in a Manhattan courtroom for his hush money trial.

In the video, the crowds can be seen cheering the 45th president as his motorcade pulls up to the destination. At one point, the crowd starts chanting, “Trump! Trump! Trump!” and “Four more years!” Crowds also chanted, “USA! USA! USA!”

Throughout the video, Trump is also seen interacting with the crowd, shaking hands, and talking with various supporters about several different topics as Secret Service agents kept a close watch. He also gave interviews to several news outlets, making remarks about the trial and telling reporters that a bodega association invited him.

“I respect them, and they respect me. They want law and order, they have a lot of crime…where their stores are being robbed,” he said.

At another point, Trump said former President “Jimmy Carter should be happy” that Joe Biden became president because, according to the 45th commander-in-chief, Carter’s presidency was viewed as the worst in modern history until Biden.

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“This is a very exciting time for me because the bodegas association invited me. And I respect them, and they respect me. They want law and order, they have tremendous crime, tremendous crime over there, stores are being robbed,” he said.

“New York’s a lot different. And we’ll work with the mayor. We will work with the governor. And we’ll bring a lot of federal money, but we have to straight out New York. And that includes crime,” he added.

He posted on Truth Social: “MAKE NEW YORK SAFE AGAIN!” He also posted “THANK YOU, HARLEM! #MAGA.”