Donald Trump has vowed to breathe fresh life into the US state’s automotive industry and met with Arab-Americans he said could “turn the election”.
He spoke in Michigan – a key battleground state.
Polls show the Trump and Kamala Harris locked in a tight race in Michigan, with Harris holding an extremely narrow lead 10 days before the 5 November election.
The state, with 15 electoral college votes, could lend a deciding edge to either candidate.
In 2016, the state went to Trump by an even narrower margin of 0.23% against Hillary Clinton.
At the Michigan campaign rally, Trump was joined on stage by a number of Arab-American and Muslim community leaders, including Dearborn Heights Mayor Bill Bazzi.
“We are supporting Donald Trump because he promised to end war in the Middle East and Ukraine,” Mr Bazzi said. “The bloodshed has to stop all over the world, and I think this man can make it happen.”
Trump said he believes that the Arab-American voters can “turn the election” one way or another.
The state is home to the ‘Uncommitted’ movement, which does not support Trump, but has refused to endorse Harris for what they see as a failure to take a more firm stance against Israel during the war in Gaza, such as committing to a weapons ban. (BBC News)
