Mayor of only Muslim-run US city endorses Trump

Michigan Mayor Amer Ghalib says Republican is ‘the close choice’ contempt immoderate disagreements.

The politician of the lone metropolis successful the United States with an all-Muslim authorities has endorsed erstwhile President Donald Trump for November’s statesmanlike election.

Amer Ghalib, who leads the metropolis of Hamtramck successful the important battleground authorities of Michigan, said connected Sunday that helium believes the Republican campaigner is “the close choice” contempt their disagreements connected immoderate issues.

“President Trump and I whitethorn not hold connected everything, but I cognize helium is simply a antheral of principles,” Ghalib said successful a station connected Facebook.

“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. I’ll not regret my determination nary substance what the result would be, and I’m acceptable to look the consequences.”

“Now, fto the Caravan statesman its journey,” Ghalib added. “This is conscionable the starting point.”

Hamtramck, which has a colonisation of astir 28,000 people, made headlines successful 2021 erstwhile it became the archetypal US metropolis to elite an all-Muslim City Council and a Muslim mayor.

Ghalib, who immigrated to the US from Yemen erstwhile helium was 17, made the announcement a small little than a week aft gathering Trump earlier a municipality hallway successful the Michigan metropolis of Flint.

Ghalib told The Detroit News past week that the brace had discussed the concerns of Arab and Muslim Americans and that Trump had requested his endorsement.

Michigan is 1 of 7 cardinal plaything states expected to determine the result of November’s contention betwixt Trump and his Democratic Party rival, Vice President Kamala Harris.

Opinion polls suggest a choky contention betwixt Trump and Harris some nationally and successful battlegrounds specified arsenic Michigan.

In the astir caller mean of polls compiled by The New York Times, Harris leads Trump successful Michigan by 50 percent to 47 percent.

Trump won Michigan successful the 2016 predetermination against Democratic campaigner Hillary Clinton, becoming the archetypal Republican to prevail successful the authorities since George HW Bush successful 1988.

President Joe Biden flipped the authorities backmost to the Democrats successful 2020, beating Trump by a borderline of astir 150,000 votes.

Muslim-American choler implicit the Biden administration’s enactment for Israel’s warfare connected Gaza has go a interest for Democrats arsenic they look razor-thin races successful the battleground states.

In a canvass released by the Council connected American-Islamic Relations successful August, conscionable 12 percent of Muslim voters successful Michigan expressed enactment for Harris, with 18 percent backing Trump and 40 percent supporting the Green Party’s Jill Stein.