U.S. President Donald Trump visited Michigan, a battleground in the midterm elections, on Sunday, October 25 (local time), branding a Muslim Democratic Senate candidate as a "jihadist" and urging support for the Republican candidate.
Visiting Port Huron, Michigan, that day, President Trump said, "I am here to stop a member of the jihadist Muslim Brotherhood from becoming a U.S. senator."
He also brought the father of 9/11 victims' Todd Beamer to the stage.
Evoking the 9/11 attacks, he compared Abdul El-Sayed, a Muslim Democratic candidate running for the U.S. Senate in Michigan, to an Islamic terrorist.
President Trump claimed that several members of candidate El-Sayed's family are linked to Islamic terrorist groups, emphasizing that if El-Sayed is elected, Democrats will bring jihadists into the United States to commit violence and terrorism.
President Trump attempted to minimize the economic fallout of the war, noting that inflation caused by the war with Iran could have been much worse, and repeated his assertion that the war would end one way or another.
"I thought gasoline prices would double or triple (and the increase wasn't that severe), but it's a small price to pay compared to keeping nuclear weapons away from fanatics," President Trump emphasized, adding, "I have no regrets."
President Trump also justified his tariff policy by claiming he led a revival in U.S. manufacturing, urging support by stating that these benefits are also reaching Michigan.
Candidate El-Sayed, who holds a strong progressive stance within the Democratic Party, is locked in a tight race for the Senate seat against Republican candidate Mike Rogers.
This is a crucial seat both for the Democrats, who are aiming to recapture the Senate majority for a seat previously held by their party, and for the Republicans, who want to maintain their majority.
Because of this significance, former U.S. President Barack Obama visited Detroit, Michigan, the previous day to campaign in support.
President Trump disparaged Obama, saying, "The crowd wasn't this big yesterday," and adding remarks such as, "He received a Nobel Peace Prize without even knowing why."
Expressing resentment over not receiving the Nobel Peace Prize himself, President Trump launched a raw attack, stating, "I don't like Norway. Frankly, Norway is terrible. Norway has become a mess of a country."
Nobel Peace Prize laureates are selected by the Norwegian Nobel Committee.
Famous rapper Nicki Minaj accompanied him to the campaign rally that day.
While making comments evaluating the physiques of Republican candidates, President Trump also made remarks praising Minaj's body.
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