When President Trump looks at America, he sees two very different worlds: He’s visited inner cites he declared to be “worse than almost any of the places in the Middle East,” he slammed New Hampshire as a “drug-infested den.” And he’s championed “beautiful” cities full of “massive crowds” and “true American patriots,” often in states that voted for him. Oh yeah, and he really hates regions where a personality or politician crossed him. Always, though, Trump uses some very vivid imagery to paint his black-and-white vision of America. Here it is.

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Loves Trump, or Trump loves them Click read more for more information Kentucky Abraham Lincoln was a “great president. Most people don’t even know he was a Republican.” Read more Maine “What it does do is it gets you out to see states that you’ll never see otherwise. It’s very interesting. Like Maine. I went to Maine four times.” Trump, referring to the fact that Maine splits its electoral vote (one of only two states to do that) said, “I went to Maine 2 for one, because everybody was saying you can get to 269 but there is no path to 270.” Read more Massachusetts “They have a hell of a team,” Trump has said of the Patriots, of which he’s a big fan. (He and Patriots owner Bob Kraft are close.) Read more Ohio “Tonight I’m back in the center of the American heartland, far away from the Washington swamp to spend time with thousands of true American patriots.” Read more Tennessee “I know you people aren’t skeptical people, ‘cause nobody would be that way in Tennessee. Nope, nobody. Not Tennessee.” Read more West Virginia “The folks in West Virginia who were so nice to me.” Read more Wisconsin Trump repeatedly refers to the fact that a Republican presidential candidate hadn’t won Wisconsin since the 1980s. He also references its large crowds. “We had tremendous crowds. And I’d leave these massive crowds, I’d say, ‘Why are we going to lose this state?’ ” Read more

Bad politician or personality resides here Click read more for more information California “Arnold Schwarzenegger isn’t voluntarily leaving the Apprentice, he was fired by his bad (pathetic) ratings, not by me. Sad end to great show” Read more San Jose “The Mayor of San Jose did a terrible job of ordering the protection of innocent people. The thugs were lucky supporters remained peaceful!” Read more D.C. “We don’t need advice from the Washington swamp. We need to drain the swamp.” Read more Hawaii Hours after a Hawaii judge blocked a revised version of his travel ban, Trump called it “an unprecedented judicial overreach.” Read more Illinois Chicago “More than two homicide victims per day. What the hell is going on in Chicago? Better tell that mayor to get tough.” Read more Maryland Baltimore “I see where Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake of Baltimore is pushing Crooked [Hillary] hard. Look at the job she has done in Baltimore. She is a joke!” Read more Massachusetts Boston “Boston’s Mayor Walsh wasted a lot of time and money on going for the Olympics, and then he gave up. I don’t want him negotiating for me!” Read more New Mexico “She’s [Susana Martinez] got to do a better job. Okay? Your governor has got to do a better job.” Read more New York New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is the “single worst mayor in the history of New York City.” Read more Pennsylvania Philadelphia Former mayor Michael Nutter “is a crude dope!” Read more South Dakota After Badlands National Park tweeted defiant climate-change messages, the Trump administration ordered a ban on all Interior Department employees using Twitter, which was lifted the next day. Read more Texas Dallas Called Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban “dopey.” Read more Virginia “[Republican Party of] Virginia has lost statewide 7 times in a row. Will now not allow desperately needed new voters. Suicidal mistake. RNC MUST ACT NOW!” Read more Wyoming “I don’t want to waste money going to Wyoming, sending crews for months and months knowing you’re not going to beat the bosses. I’ve beaten the bosses.” Read more

Failing, infested or otherwise in shambles Click read more for more information California Los Angeles “Our airports are like from a Third World country,” Trump has said, singling out LAX, LaGuardia, Newark and Kennedy. Read more “California in many ways is out of control.” Read more Georgia Atlanta, specifically John Lewis's congressional district “Congressman John Lewis should spend more time on fixing and helping his district, which is in horrible shape and falling apart (not to . . . mention crime infested) rather than falsely complaining about the election results. All talk, talk, talk - no action or results. Sad!” Read more Illinois Chicago “You go to some of these inner-city places and it’s so sad when you look at the crime. … They’re living in hell. You look at the numbers in Chicago. There are two Chicagos. There’s one Chicago that’s incredible, luxurious and all — and safe. There’s another Chicago that’s worse than almost any of the places in the Middle East that we talk about and you talk about every night on the newscasts. So we’re gonna do a lot of work on the inner cities.” Read more Iowa “How stupid are the people of Iowa? How stupid are the people of the country to believe this crap?” Read more Maryland Baltimore Repeatedly referred to as an inner city. Michigan Detroit “You could go to war zones in countries that we’re fighting and it’s safer than living in some of our inner cities that are run by the Democrats. It is a disaster the way African Americans are living in many cases, and in many cases the way Hispanics are living.” Read more New Hampshire “I won New Hampshire because New Hampshire is a drug-infested den.” Read more New York “Our airports are like from a Third World country” Read more Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Repeatedly referred to as an inner city. Harrisburg Trump said Harrisburg “looked like a war zone” from his plane. Read more Texas “The drugs pouring through on the southern border are unbelievable. We’re becoming a drug culture, there’s so much. And most of it’s coming from the southern border.” Read more