PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP MAKES A SURPRISE APPEARANCE AT THE 10X GROWTH CONFERENCE - 03/25/2022

In a surprise appearance, former President Donald Trump headlined the first day of Grant Cardone’s 10X Growth Conference in Hollywood.

Inside a third-floor ballroom at the Diplomat Beach Resort Hollywood on Friday, a majority of the 3,500 attendees roared their approval when Cardone, a social media influencer and reality star who parlayed his fame into a crowd-funding real estate juggernaut, welcomed Trump to a spinning circular stage bathed in blue, red and white strobe lights.

“Some of you know this guy because he is a real estate mogul,” Cardone told the audience. “But most of you know him as the 45th President of the U.S.”

As the song “God Bless the U.S.A” blared through the speaker system, the mostly pro-Trump crowd rose to its feet and chanted, “U.S.A! U.S.A! U.S.A!” Two people with front row seats, who appeared to have been tipped off, unfurled a blue Trump 2020 flag.

The 10X Growth Conference is an annual gathering of Cardone acolytes headlined by surprise celebrity speakers. It’s also a forum for Cardone to recruit new investors for his various business ventures, including his Aventura-based real estate firm Cardone Capital.