“I want to help you rebuild Detroit, make the city the economic envy of the world”, Trump said.
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CNN posted a video of the visit during which Trump said: “When I see wages falling, people out of work, I know the hardships this inflicts and I am determined to do something about it”.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally on August 31, 2016 in Phoenix, Arizona.
“My question for Trump is are you here just to view Detroiters as props in your new image campaign, or are you here to have a real conversation where you’re finally going to give us the specifics on what you’re going to do to make American cities better?” Then he left the service before it was halfway over, briefly visited the childhood home of former rival Ben Carson before jetting out of town.
Lawrence said that Trump has repeatedly asked black voters, “What do you have to lose?”
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump stepped up his bid to win over minority voters by addressing a largely black church in Detroit on Saturday and calling for a new civil rights agenda to support African-Americans.
Mr. Trump arrived around 10:30 a.m. and was promptly ushered into Great Faith Ministries International. “I’m here today to learn”. Toni McIlwain, who formerly ran a community center in Detroit, said Trump “generalized the total black community”.
“I believe that his approach has been very disingenuous, to reach out to the African-American community at the end of this election, and paint us with a very broad brush”, says Sheffield.
“The difference between Donald Trump and Detroit is Detroit’s only gone through bankruptcy once”, said Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan at a press conference.
He explained, “We talk past each other and not to each other”.
Trump, who did an interview with Jackson before his speech, said he was “here today to learn so that we can together remedy injustice in any form”. During his speech in that community, Donald Trump called for a “civil rights agenda of our time” and vowed to fix the “many wrongs” facing African-Americans.
All of those interviewed praised church Bishop Wayne T. Jackson for his bold stroke of bringing the former reality television star to Detroit and highlighting issues important to church-going blacks.
Opinion polls show Trump has low support among black and Hispanic voters. “The African-American faith community has been one of God’s greatest gifts to America and its people”.
A handful of protesters carrying signs with messages such as “Trump: What do you have to lose?” Some tried to push through, but were stopped by security guards and police officers.
Trump first posed for pictures as he entered behind a procession of church leaders. Carson took Trump on a tour of a southwest Detroit neighborhood after the service – an area where the retired neurosurgeon grew up.
“Your house is worth a lot of money.” he told her, thanks to the Carson connection.
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But in Detroit, he extolled African Americans’ contributions to America and the moralising force of the country’s black churches. Almost 40 percent of residents are impoverished, compared with about 15 percent of Americans overall. He echoed Trumps promise that he will release his taxes upon the completion of an ongoing audit.
