Family members of the late Pfc. Roland L. Bragg pose by a new sign on the North Carolina Army post now named for him during a ceremony on March 7, 2025. (Corey Dickstein/Stars and Stripes)
WASHINGTON (Tribune News Service) — President Donald Trump plans to visit Fort Bragg next week in his second official trip to North Carolina since his reelection.
A source with direct knowledge who was unauthorized to speak publicly confirmed Trump’s trip, saying it’s planned for Tuesday.
Further details were not immediately available. White House officials have not publicly announced Trump’s visit or responded to a request for comment.
Trump is a frequent visitor to the state, having held more than 50 campaign stops in North Carolina. He made his first official trip in his second term to Asheville to see the damage sustained from Helene, a hurricane that made landfall in Florida as a Category 4 storm and tore up the East Coast, killing at least 107 people in North Carolina.
Trump’s second trip falls just two days after the conclusion of the North Carolina Republican Party’s convention that begins Thursday in Greensboro.
It also falls one week after Sen. Thom Tillis, a Republican from Huntersville, announced he hired three of Trump’s campaign officials, Tony Fabrizio, Tim Saler and Jim McCray, to help run his reelection campaign. Republicans are determined to hold on to Tillis’ Senate seat in the midterms, as the party tries to keep the majority.
Fort Bragg is the largest U.S. military installation, based on population, in the world and is home to the Airborne and Special Operations Forces.
The base became one of Trump’s focuses during his reelection campaign after his predecessor, President Joe Biden, renamed the base Fort Liberty in 2023. Biden’s decision stemmed from his desire not to honor a Confederate leader, Gen. Braxton Bragg, for whom the base was named in 1918.
Trump vowed throughout his campaign to restore the name to Bragg once he was president.
Shortly after being confirmed, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed an order restoring the name, but this time honoring Pfc. Roland L. Bragg, a soldier stationed at Fort Bragg during World War II.
Roland Bragg is a Silver Star and Purple Heart recipient for wounds he sustained and for saving the life of a fellow soldier.
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