Donald Trump insults Detroit: "The Don" insults US voters during live speech

news.de Donald Trump insults Detroit: "The Don" insults US voters during live speech Article by sba/ife/news.de • 9 hours • 3 minutes reading time Donald Trump, Republican presidential candidate and former US president, speaks at a meeting of the Detroit Economic Club. Slips of the tongue, lapses, faux pas - three things that Donald Trump should be very familiar with. In the fight for the White House, the Republican presidential candidate has made one or two bizarre appearances in recent months. Hatred, false claims, lies and violent attacks against his self-appointed enemies are always on the agenda at his campaign appearances. The Republican did not exactly cover himself in glory in his most recent speech either. Donald Trump insults US voters during campaign speech in Detroit The online portal "rawstory.com" is currently reporting on another Trump outburst. According to the report, the Republican insulted the city of Detroit during a speech at the Detroit Economic Club and warned that all of America could look like this city if he lost to Vice President Kamala Harris. A video published on the internet platform X (formerly Twitter) documents the bizarre appearance. Trump literally declared during his campaign appearance: "I don't think anything we're talking about today is at the top of your list," he said. "The whole country will be like - do you want to know the truth? It will be like Detroit." You certainly won't win over voters with sentences like that. That much is certain. "The Don" slanders Detroit during speech and draws a lot of anger in the process The derogatory remark about the second largest city in the Midwest - and one of the largest metropolitan areas in a swing state - promptly provoked outrage among commentators on social media. As a reminder: Trump has already slandered American cities before. Just a few days before the GOP presidential convention, the 78-year-old had described both Milwaukee and Wisconsin as a "terrible city." Net users and experts are outraged And this time too, Trump and his questionable statements are being criticized, some of them harshly, as the following comments make clear: ・"I represent Detroit in Congress," said Representative Shri Thanedar. "Detroit is a city with a booming economy, a diverse culture and some of the best people in America. Donald Trump: Stop talking about Detroit and our people. We're going to vote for Kamala Harris." Boom, that hit home. ・Writer Thor Benson also didn't hold back with his criticism. He declared online: "It's always smart to insult an important swing state." A statement that was obviously meant ironically. ・"Imagine standing in Detroit and saying, 'Vote for me so you don't end up like this place,'" ranted transit activist Hayden Clarkin. ・"As a proud elected representative of tens of thousands of Detroiters: F--k this guy. Don't come back," wrote Mallory McMorrow, majority leader of the Michigan state Senate. ・"I wonder what he doesn't like about Detroit..." wrote national security attorney Bradley Moss, accompanied by several screenshots of articles talking about Detroit's economic boom and development boom of the past few years. ・"You can always count on Trump to be incredibly stupid, and luckily for him, you can count on his supporters to be too stupid to realize it," declared one X (formerly Twitter) user. ・"Stupidest president ever," ranted another. ・"What the hell is wrong with this old and senile man?" wonders this commenter.