Donald Trump Visits a Vietnamese Restaurant

“Somehow . . . I don’t know what it is. The Vietnamese community loves me. And I love them.”

Donald Trump’s remarks at a campaign stop in Northern Virginia were greeted with chants of “U.S.A., U.S.A. . .” The Republican Party nominee was speaking before a small group of supporters at Truong Tien, a restaurant on the outskirts of Washington, D.C.

An eatery in an Asian shopping mall is not a typical venue for a candidate better known for addressing large rallies in the rural heartland. However, Vietnamese Americans are among the former president’s most loyal supporters.

In the 2020 election, 48 percent of voters with Vietnamese heritage cast their ballots for Trump compared to 36 percent for Joe Biden. A 2023 report by the Pew Research Center concluded that Vietnamese Americans “stand out” as the most conservative group among Asian American voters.

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