Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks at the Detroit Economic Club on Oct. 10, 2024, in Detroit, Michigan.Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images

Donald Trump insults Detroit while campaigning in Detroit

'Our whole country will end up being like Detroit if she's your president,' he said of his opponent, Kamala Harris

by · National Post

DETROIT — Former U.S. president Donald Trump criticized Detroit while delivering remarks to an economic group there on Thursday, saying the whole country would end up like the city if his Democratic opponent, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, is elected.

“The whole country will be like — you want to know the truth? It’ll be like Detroit,” the Republican presidential nominee said. “Our whole country will end up being like Detroit if she’s your president.”