Trump to Visit Largest Arab-Majority City In Battleground Michigan — Where Harris Has Yet to Campaign
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Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will visit a restaurant in Dearborn, Michigan on Friday, making him the first major candidate for the White House to campaign in the country’s largest Arab-majority city during the 2024 election cycle.
The ongoing war between Israel and terrorist organizations Hamas and Hezbollah in the Middle East has shaken up the Arab-American vote this year. While Trump is considered by many observers to have headed one of the most pro-Israel administrations in U.S. history, he has made entreaties to the Muslim community in the United States recently by promising to end the war in the Middle East.
“During my Administration, we had peace in the Middle East, and we will have peace again very soon! I will fix the problems caused by Kamala Harris and Joe Biden and stop the suffering and destruction in Lebanon. I want to see the Middle East return to real peace, a lasting peace, and we will get it done properly so it doesn’t repeat itself every 5 or 10 years!” wrote Trump in a post on Truth Social earlier this week.
“I will preserve the equal partnership among all Lebanese communities. Your friends and family in Lebanon deserve to live in peace, prosperity, and harmony with their neighbors, and that can only happen with peace and stability in the Middle East,” he concluded. “I look forward to working with the Lebanese community living in the United States of America to ensure the safety and security of the great people of Lebanon. Vote Trump for Peace!”
Sam Abbas, the owner of the restaurant Trump is scheduled to visit, told The Associated Press that he expected the former president to deliver “some remarks around ending the war and bringing peace to the Middle East.”
According to Abbas, he had demanded Trump make a statement to demonstrate he “has the intentions of ending the war and helping us rebuild Lebanon and helping the displaced and the injured” before hosting Trump in his establishment.
Despite the ongoing war’s erosion of Arab and Muslim support for Democrats, Trump still faces headwinds with the community over his call for a ban on Muslim immigration into the United States during his 2016 campaign.
