The politician of a Muslim-majority metropolis successful Michigan says helium is endorsing Donald Trump successful the 2024 statesmanlike election, calling the erstwhile commander-in-chief, "the close prime for this captious time."
Amer Ghalib, politician of the Detroit-area suburb Hamtramck, announced his endorsement of Trump successful a Facebook station Sunday. While admitting helium and Trump didn’t "agree connected everything," helium said helium regarded the erstwhile commander-in-chief arsenic "a antheral of principles."
Hamtramck Mayor Amer Ghalib, 43, successful his City Hall bureau successful Michigan. (Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
"Though it’s looking good, helium whitethorn oregon whitethorn not triumph the predetermination and beryllium the 47th president of the United States, but I judge helium is the close prime for this captious time," Ghalib wrote successful Arabic connected his Facebook page. "I’ll not regret my determination nary substance what the result would be, and I’m acceptable to look the consequences. For this, and for galore different reasons, I denote my enactment and endorsement for the former, and hopefully, the adjacent president of the United States, Donald Trump."
He added: "Now, fto the Caravan statesman its journey. This is conscionable the starting point."
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Trump reposted Ghalib’s connection connected his Truth Social account.
Republican statesmanlike nominee erstwhile President Trump raises his fist arsenic helium departs a caller run event. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Ghalib’s endorsement of Trump comes aft the 2 met successful Flint earlier this week for a backstage 20-minute conversation.
Ghalib told The Detroit News that Trump "knew a batch astir maine earlier the meeting."
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"We talked astir assorted topics including the debates, the polls updates, the statistic of votes successful Michigan and Wayne County, the Arab American concerns and the Yemeni Americans successful particular. We besides talked astir the concern successful Yemen," Ghalib said.
Hamtramck is the lone U.S. metropolis governed wholly by Muslims, with much than 40% of the city’s colonisation foreign-born.
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