Mayor of Muslim-majority Michigan city endorses Trump, in sign of Gaza war's impact

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : Yet even before October 7, Ghalib had shown signs of embracing Trump, including by inviting the former president's ally Michael Flynn to speak in Hamtramck last year.
64% : "Trump himself told right-wing Breitbart News that the mayor "was a very big fan of the Trump administration because he saw no wars," adding, "There was no October 7.
56% : Amer Ghalib made his endorsement Sunday on Facebook, and Trump quickly shared it on his own Truth Social platform.
50% : A recent poll from the Council on American-Islamic Relations found that Kamala Harris has the support of just 12% of Muslim voters in Michigan, compared to 18% for Trump and 40% for Green Party candidate Jill Stein, a harsh critic of Israel.
48% : Ghalib did not mention Israel in his endorsement, but the Detroit News reported that he discussed the possibility of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip when he met with Trump last week in Flint.
40% : He also supported the "Uncommitted" movement during Michigan's Democratic primary this spring, intended to pressure President Joe Biden to reduce his support for Israel; the protest vote, which was also supported by Andy Levin, the Jewish Democratic former congressman from Michigan, wound up winning more votes than Biden in Hamtramck.Last week the Uncommitted movement announced it would not be making a presidential endorsement, while also urging its followers not to vote for Trump.
33% : Some pockets of metro Detroit's large Muslim and Arab-American communities have shifted rightward in recent years, owing both to anger with Democrats over Israel and an increased social and religious conservatism, particularly on LGBTQ issues, even as Trump himself called for a ban on Muslims entering the country during his first campaign.

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