Mayor of Muslim-majority Michigan city endorses Trump: 'Right choice for this critical time' | 22 Sept 2024 | The mayor of a Muslim-majority city in Michigan says he is endorsing Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election, calling the former commander-in-chief, "the right choice for this critical time." Amer Ghalib, mayor of the Detroit-area suburb Hamtramck, announced his endorsement of Trump in a Facebook post Sunday. While admitting he and Trump didn't "agree on everything," he said he regarded the former commander-in-chief as "a man of principles." "Though it's looking good, he may or may not win the election and be the 47th president of the United States, but I believe he is the right choice for this critical time," Ghalib wrote in Arabic on his Facebook page.