Via George on X:
The Democrat Mayor of Hamtramck, Michigan, Amer Ghalib, is on the verge of endorsing Trump after meeting with him a few days ago. Hamtramck is the ONLY Muslim-majority city in America. Ghalib’s endorsement will be GAME CHANGING
Ghalib said Trump stated “he is going to end the chaos in the Middle East,” adding Trump “doesn’t want wars.”
“And regarding the endorsement, President Trump asked me, ‘Would you be able to endorse me?’ I told him, ‘I’m here to talk about that.’ And I think I left the meeting happy with what I heard. And we opened the channel of communication.”
Here’s more from Breitbart:
Hamtramck Mayor Amer Ghalib (D) spoke with Breitbart News Washington Bureau Chief Matthew Boyle in a nearly 20-minute segment on the program on the heels of his meeting with Trump in Flint, Michigan.
Hamtramck, along with Dearborn and other cities in Wayne County, have sizable Muslim and Arab-American populations that turned out in full force to protest the Biden-Harris administration’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war in the Democrat primary.
Michigan was notably where the “uncommitted” movement, made up of Arab-Americans, Muslims, young voters, and far-left progressives, began when more than 100,000 protested the Biden-Harris administration with uncommitted votes in the Democrat primary.
Ghalib said his meeting with Trump materialized in part because many in Hamtramck and these neighboring communities are supportive of him and “the shifting dynamics” he is leading.
“That was the base for my communication with the Republican leadership, which resulted in a meeting with President Trump last week in Flint. It was a very productive meeting for about 20 minutes,” he said.
Trump was accompanied at the meeting by an assistant and Massad Boulos, a Lebanese businessman who is Tiffany Trump’s father-in-law.
“The meeting was very good,” Ghalib, who hails from Yemen, added. “I talked to President Trump about, you know, some statistics here in Wayne County and how it used to be a stronghold for the Democrats, and we always used to vote Democrat. This is not the case anymore here.”
Ghalib recounted later in the interview that Trump said “he is going to end the chaos in the Middle East,” adding Trump “doesn’t want wars.”
The mayor received a strong response from the community after he posted a photo of him and Trump on social media. When asked about potentially endorsing Trump and whether the uncommitted community is likely to get behind Trump, Ghalib contrasted the supportive messages he received about his meeting versus a post from another community leader who endorsed Harris that received blowback.
“I wouldn’t claim that I represent all these people and that they will follow me, but I know a major portion of the Arab American community are happy,” he said. “Let’s compare two things. There’s some high appointed official from the Arab community already announced endorsement for Harris, and when he posted about that, 90 percent or 95 percent of the comments were angry and upset at him, and they were attacking him.”
“When I did the same, I posted about President Trump, it’s completely the opposite; 95 percent of the comments and the phone calls that I receive are supportive,” he added. “So I think that the political atmosphere here is in favor of shifting dynamics that I call. And regarding the endorsement, President Trump asked me, ‘Would you be able to endorse me?’ I told him, ‘I’m here to talk about that.’ And I think I left the meeting happy with what I heard. And we opened the channel of communication.”
Ghalib said that an effort is underway to bring a Trump 47 office to Hamtramck to begin “recruiting people registering to vote, requesting the absentee ballots.”
“And we are moving. I received calls from his assistant the same day at night, you know, and we continue to talk. … It’s just the beginning, so I think we are moving in the right direction,” he emphasized.
Moreover, he said he has officially invited Trump to Hamtramck and that the community is “happy to organize a rally here.”
“I haven’t heard a definite answer from him or his team, but they are considering that, and it’s possible, but regardless, we also understand any concerns, especially, you know, they think that Wayne County is a stronghold of the Democrats, and nobody should come to here. But like, I told them, this is not the case anymore,” he emphasized. “There’s a big support here for a change, and we are happy to welcome anyone, including President Trump, to come and visit us.”
This progress between the Arab-American community and Trump in Michigan comes as the Biden-Harris administration failed to meet the demands of the “uncommitted movement,” which sought a ceasefire and stoppage of weapons shipments to Israel. Ghalib recalled refusing to meet with Biden multiple times when he went to Michigan and emphasized that Harris’s policy vision does not differ from that of her and Biden’s current administration.
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