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Robert Tait in Washington

Trump declares love for Milwaukee at rally days after calling it a ‘horrible city’

man wearing blue suit, red tie and red hat gestures arms open in front of microphone
Donald Trump speaks at his campaign rally in Racine, Wisconsin, on 18 June 2024. Photograph: Brendan McDermid/Reuters

Donald Trump made a brazen bid for support in the vital swing state of Wisconsin on Tuesday by declaring his affection for its biggest population centre, Milwaukee, just days after denigrating it as “a horrible city”.

Needing to explain his own words to a city that will host the Republican national convention next month, the former president predictably chose to tackle the problem head-on at a campaign rally in neighbouring Racine, about 30 miles from Milwaukee along the shore of Lake Michigan.

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