The mayor of Hamtramck, Michigan, made headlines last month for endorsing former President Donald Trump. 

Mayor Amer Ghalib doesn’t check stereotypical Trump supporter boxes. He’s a 45-year-old Muslim, an Arab American immigrant from Yemen, and the leader of the country’s only city governed entirely by Muslim Americans. He’s also a proud pro-Palestinian activist who backs the progressive Uncommitted movement. 

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