Donald Trump Should Keep ‘Detroit’ Out of His Mouth

Editor’s Note: I had to backspace more times than I could count so this article did not read like the 2024 remake of 2Pac’s “Hit ‘Em Up.” I want to thank Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. The Detroit Economic Club invited Donald Trump to speak Thursday, Oct. 10, at Motor City Sound Board. During his visit, Trump spoke about topics ranging from the economy to immigration to the auto industry and other issues that are of importance to Detroiters before heading to cast their presidential votes next month. In the midst of his hour-long address, Trump used some not-so-coded language when describing how he felt about Detroit and current Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee running against him for the presidency. “Our whole country will end up being like Detroit if she’s your president. You’re going to have a mess on your hands,” Trump said. “We’re not going to do that to this country. We’re not gonna let it happen.” But the reason I want to thank Gov. Whitmer is because her response to Trump’s overt dismissal of this city was a lot more…refined…than mine would have been. Gov. Whitmer took to X, formerly Twitter, to say: “Detroit is the...