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- Trump plans to headline a campaign event in the Bronx on Thursday.
- Trump has little chance to win the NYC borough but saw a jump in support there from 2016 to 2020.
- His campaign is working to attract more minority support by leaning into the economy.
Former President Donald Trump is set to make an unusual pit stop for a Republican candidate later this week.
On Thursday, the native New Yorker will headline a campaign event in the Bronx, one of New York City's five boroughs and one of the bluest jurisdictions in the country.
The Bronx is so thoroughly Democratic that the borough is generally an afterthought for Republican presidential candidates and even most statewide GOP candidates.
So why bother?