Trump hosts Ramadan dinner at White House
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(NewsNation) — President Donald Trump thanked his Muslim supporters last weekend during an iftar dinner at the White House, marking the month of Ramadan when Muslims abstain from food and drink from dawn to dusk.
'The Muslim community was there for us in November, and while I'm president, I'll be there for you,' Trump said.
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According to the Detroit Free Press, Hamtramck Mayor Amer Ghalib and Dearborn Heights Mayor Bill Bazzi who endorsed Trump and were chosen by him to be ambassadors to Kuwait and Tunisia, were in attendance along with evangelical leader and Trump adviser Paula White, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.
Iftar is the meal that Muslims eat at sunset to break their fast during the month of Ramadan, which concludes on March 30 this year. Eid al-Fitr is the festival that marks the end of the holy month of fasting, prayer and reflection.
In the 2024 election, Muslims shifted away from backing Democratic candidates for the first time in two decades. A Council on American-Islamic Relations survey of 1,575 Muslim voters found that Kamala Harris captured only 20 percent of the Muslim vote after overwhelmingly supporting Joe Biden in 2020.
In Dearborn, Michigan, home to the largest Muslim population in the country, Trump won nearly 47% of the votes, according to the city.
''We're keeping our promises to the Muslim community. My administration is engaged in relentless diplomacy to forge lasting peace in the Middle East, building on the historic Abraham Accords,' President Trump said at the dinner.
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The White House streamed the event live on X and Facebook.
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