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Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump has blasted the state of US inner cities saying Americans would be safer walking through \u201cwar-torn countries\u201d like Afghanistan than \u201cbeing in the middle of some of our inner cities.\u201d <\/p>\n
Trump made the comments at a rally in Asheville, North Carolina, where a crowd of almost 10,000 gathered inside the US Cellular Center to hear him speak. In a brutal attack against the Democratic Party, who he claims has been controlling inner city areas for \u201ca hundred years straight,\u201d<\/em> Trump said a \u201cnew agenda\u201d<\/em> was needed.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThe Democratic Party has run the inner cities for 50, 60, 70 years and even a hundred years straight,\u201d<\/em> he said, speaking to his supporters. \u201cWe are on a mission of change. That includes a new agenda for our inner cities.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n He mentioned that inner cities in the US have become \u201ca mess,\u201d<\/em> while he accused Democratic politicians \u201clike Clinton\u201d<\/em> of \u201ctaking these voters for granted.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cYou can go to war, you can go to Afghanistan. You can go to war-torn countries and you will find that it\u2019s safer than being in the middle of some of our inner cities,\u201d<\/em> he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n To rousing cheers from around the arena, he urged black voters to \u201cgive Donald Trump a chance,\u201d adding that \u201cyou have nothing to lose, it can\u2019t get any worse,\u201d<\/em> after citing poverty rates for African Americans living in inner city areas.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s time to break with the bitter failures of the past and embrace a new American future,\u201d<\/em> he said. \u201cThat means great jobs, great schools and great neighborhoods, and it also means safety.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n