Trump Takes Vision of Prosperity to Black Church in Detroit

Donald Trump rocked a speech to a predominantly black church in Detroit, Michigan, on Saturday in the latest of a series of bold moves that have forced an otherwise hostile press corps to cover the GOP nominee and allowed Trump’s campaign to take control of the national conversation.

The trip follows on the heels of high-profile visits to Louisiana to meet with flood victims and to Mexico for a historic meeting with President Enrique Peña Nieto — both major campaign jaunts generated positive coverage for Trump in the media and put on display a contrast with Hillary Clinton, who has done little on the campaign trail in recent weeks.

“I want to help you rebuild Detroit, make the city the economic envy of the world,” Trump said. “Things are going to get better.”

Taking his message directly to black voters in Detroit, Trump spoke at the Great Faith International Ministries church as part of a campaign strategy of taking his message on restoring America’s inner-cities.

The event was anything but a traditional Trump campaign rally. The GOP nominee sung hymns with the predominantly black attendees of the church, read Scripture and offered a compelling call for national unity and a new vision of prosperity to the gathered faithful.

The speech touched on turning back decades of failed Democratic leadership directly but remained largely on a higher plane. The GOP nominee offered a vision for a bright future, promised to end injustice and restore prosperity to the black community.

“I want to help you rebuild Detroit, make the city the economic envy of the world,” Trump said. “Things are going to get better.”

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Trump gave a nod to the important role of churches within the black community, saying “the African-American church has been the conscience of this country” for centuries, and that “the African-American faith community has been one of God’s greatest gifts to America and its people.”

Trump also made clear he was in Detroit to listen in addition to pledging to champion policies that would help the black community succeed.

“I am here today to listen to your message and I hope that my presence here will also help your voice to reach new audiences in our country, Trump said, “many of these audiences desperately need your spirit and your thought.”

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The Republican nominee noted that too often traditional partisan rhetoric has prevented a constructive dialogue on rebuilding America’s cities.

“Our nation is too divided,” Trump said. “We talk past each other and not to each other. And those who seek office do not do enough to step into the community and learn what’s going on. I’m here today to learn, so that we can together remedy injustice in any form, and so that we can also remedy economics so that the African-American community can benefit economically through jobs and income and so many other different ways.”

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The visit to Detroit follows a major address geared towards America’s inner-cities in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Aug. 17 where the GOP nominee lampooned Clinton for representing the same failed Democratic policies that have wrecked havoc on the black community in the United States.

“Hillary Clinton-backed policies are responsible for the problems in the inner cities today, and a vote for her is a vote for another generation of poverty, high crime, and lost opportunities,” Trump said, adding that those failed policies “have ruined the schools. They’ve driven out the jobs. They’ve tolerated a level of crime no American should consider acceptable … I am asking for your vote so I can be your champion in the White House.”