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NMLS 128715
30095 Northwestern Hwy, ste. 103
Farmington Hills , Michigan 48334
Office (248) 737-9500
Direct (248) 939-1985
Fax (248) 737-1868
Email MortgageGabe@aol.com
www.palladiumfinancialgroup.com
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VP of Mortgage
Lending
o: (248) 216-1255
c: (248) 229-4422
smacany@rate.com
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30600 Northwestern Hwy
Suite 410
Farmington Hills, MI 48334
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ROCKY H. HUSAYNU
Professional Insurance Planners
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31000 Northwestern Hwy. • Suite 110
Farmington Hills, Ml 48334
Over 40 years of experience.
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CAREER SERVICES MANAGER
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1815 Maplelawn Drive
Troy, MI 48084
TEL 248-537-7467
MOBILE 248-219-5525
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Angela Kakos
Producing Branch Manager - VP of Mortgage Lending
o: (248) 622-0704
rate.com/angelakakos
angela.kakos@rate.com
2456 Metropolitan Parkway, Sterling Heights, MI 48310
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30095 Northwestern Highway, Suite 101
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ON THE RUN continued from page 24
daughter was born, prematurely, and
lived only eight days, leaving behind a
sadness that still reverberates.
In 2016, when Donald Trump was
running for president, they noticed
their Chaldean community rallying
behind him. “I am my aunt’s favorite
nephew,” Peter says with a smile.
“She’s very religious, and she started
telling me about Trump. The lobbyists
had started influencing the Chaldean
churches, and they told their members,
‘You have to vote Trump. He’s helping
us.’” Peter disagreed with his aunt and
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told her Trump was a con artist. “I’ve
never ever seen her so mad at me.”
In July 2016, at the Republican National
Convention, Trump accepted
the party’s nomination and delivered a
particularly xenophobic speech. At one
point he said something that directly
addressed Peter’s situation: “Nearly
180,000 illegal immigrants with criminal
records, ordered deported from
our country, are tonight roaming free
to threaten peaceful citizens.” Trump
promised deportations, construction
of the Southern U.S. border wall, and
tightened immigration restrictions.
Like the Michigan Chaldean community,
Peter’s co-workers were energized
about Trump. “I saw it right
away, what Trump was giving them,”
Peter says. “I was afraid.”
The rhetoric that had particularly
resonated with Peter’s aunt and her
church was Trump’s promise, again
and again, to help persecuted Middle
Eastern Christians. It paid off for him.
Traditionally Democratic, Michigan
favored Trump by 10,000 votes, the
smallest margin of any state, but
enough to have him carry all of its
electoral votes. A key part of that support
came from Macomb County, a
Chaldean stronghold. Mostly white
and blue-collar, the county is a political
bellwether. It swung right in 2016.
(In 2020, Joe Biden handily defeated
Trump by 154,000 votes in the state
of Michigan–a margin fifteen-times
higher than the previous election. But
Macomb County remained solidly red.)
On election night 2016, Peter went
to sleep when the tallying was still underway.
At 2 a.m. Mimi woke him, crying,
saying Trump had won.
“I’m f---ed,” he said.
Story to be continued in the October
issue of the Chaldean News.
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