Former President Donald Trump’s private jet, dubbed Trump Force One, flew over Arnold Palmer Regional Airport at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, shortly before he was set to speak at his latest rally in Western Pennsylvania.

Songs from Duran Duran, the Four Tops and the Black-Eyed Peas played after a video message from Trump was played in advance of his speech.

The crowd was noticeably smaller than the one that filled the Butler Farm Show complex two weeks ago.

But like that rally, which featured country star Lee Greenwood and billionaire Elon Musk, the one Saturday featured its own star power.

Former Pittsburgh Steelers Le’Veon Bell and Antonio Brown were among those who took the stage.

Although people may say he and Trump are crazy: “We are not, they are,” Brown said during a brief speech.

Many of the people in the crowd were Mon Valley steelworkers who were encouraged to attend by their union, which announced their support for Trump.

The program started about 4:15 p.m. but some arrived at the airport at 7:30 a.m. for the latest visit for the Republican nominee for president.

Trump was also expected to make a return trip to the region for Sunday night’s Steelers game, where he will be a guest of a suite holder who was not identified by team spokesman Burt Lauten.

The team was working with the Secret Service on security plans at Acrisure Stadium, Lauten said.

Immigration important to rallygoers

“What we’re doing with immigration, it’s terrible. It’s just unbelievable,” said Doug Sellman, 68. “We’re letting this country go downhill, more and more everyday.”

Sellman, a retired steelworker, and his wife Angela Sellman, both of North Huntingdon attended the rally.

They support Trump’s economic and immigration policies.

The Sellmans attended the rally with their children and grandchildren.

“They were just trying to get as many steelworkers up there as they could,” Doug Sellman said of his local steelworkers union.

The Sellmans voted for Trump in 2020 and plan to do the same in November.

Angela Sellman said she believes Trump’s policies will increase homeland security and revive the economy.

“We just want to keep our homes safe and a better economy,” Angela Sellman, 62, said.“The economy is terrible. We’re not self-sufficient, and we should be self-sufficient.”

Donning an American flag dress, knee high red boots and a “Trump 2024” bucket hat, Dana Anden attended the rally also in support of the steelworkers union, which she said will announce its support of Trump during the rally.

A small business owner in the health care field, Anden said she feels President Joe Biden’s policies have not adequately served the small business community.

“I’ve watched the devastation that’s happened through that and I’m here to support Trump,” said Anden, of Belle Vernon.

“I’ve been here before, and I’m looking forward to him being elected and changing the trend that we’re on, which is a downward spiral as far as I can see,” she said. “I’m excited to see the change. We need a change — a real change, not another four years of this.”

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It was the first rally for Bob Smith, 51, and his fiancée Donna Smith of West Newton. They arrived at 1 p.m. to beat the crowds.

“I used to be Democrat for 20 years until I wised up. I grew up in a Democratic family.”

Smith said his 86-year-old mother remains a Democrat and is supporting Vice President Kamala Harris.

“She just yells at us tells us to take the signs out of our yard,” Smith said.

Democrats held sway in Westmoreland County for decades, but have since fallen behind Republicans who in recent years surged. They now hold a voter registration advantage of about 30,000.

This was Patricia Parri’s third Trump rally.

“I believe he is a good leader and strong American. I like how he is straight forward and he loves America. I can tell that, Parri, 77, of New Stanton, said.

Comedian Jordan Clepper, a correspondent for “The Daily Show,” was at the rally filming a segment.

Trump’s visit amid a flurry of campaign stops in the region by the presidential candidates and their running mates and political surrogates.

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Trump appeared before a large crowd in an Oct. 5 campaign stop at the Butler Farm Show grounds, 2½ months after he survived an assassination attempt at the Butler Township venue. Gunman Thomas Crooks grazed Trump’s ear, killed one rally­goer and wounded two others before being shot to death by the Secret Service.

The campaigns have been particularly active in Western Pennsylvania in the past week.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the running mate of Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris, campaigned in the region Tuesday with stops in Lawrence, Butler and Allegheny counties. Trump’s running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, made a campaign stop in Pittsburgh on Thursday.

Pennsylvania is a critical swing state in this year’s tight presidential race, with 19 electoral votes at stake.

Trump and Harris campaigned in Michigan — another swing state — on Friday.

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Musk, a Trump ally, is also expected to be in Pittsburgh Sunday for a town hall.