Donald Trump Donald John TrumpBubba Wallace to be driver of Michael Jordan, Denny Hamlin NASCAR team Graham: GOP will confirm Trump's Supreme Court nominee before the election Southwest Airlines, unions call for six-month extension of government aid MORE's campaign is carefully planning the GOP nominee's responses for his first appearance at a black church Saturday, The New York Times reported.

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Trump will do an interview with Bishop Wayne T. Jackson in Detroit, Mich., at Great Faith Ministries International to air a week later. He will attend a service but will not address the congregation.

Jackson submitted questions to the campaign, and advisers wrote up lengthy answers for the Republican presidential nominee to offer in a script obtained by the Times.

Trump has frequently relied on a teleprompter in recent weeks as new campaign officials try to keep him on message and away from the blunders that have dominated media attention.

It's no surprise they'd be skittish about Trump's first appearance at a black church as he tries to broaden his appeal among minority voters. His initial attempts have been seen by critics as ineffective and inappropriate. Advisers encouraged him to point out that his polling numbers with black voters have risen from 1 percent to 8 percent.

The answers were devised by aides working for Trump and the Republican National Committee, the Times reports. They could change pending feedback from black Republicans.

Trump will be asked to address police killings, racial tension and perceptions that he and the GOP are racist.

When asked about his vision for black Americans, Trump is advised to say the U.S. must "reduce, rather than highlight, issues of race in this country" and "I want to make race disappear as a factor in government and governance."

Trump is advised not to play defense when Jackson asks him about perceptions of racism in his campaign.

"The proof, as they say, will be in the pudding," the billionaire businessman is advised to say.

“Coming into a community is meaningless unless we offer an alternative to the horrible progressive agenda that has perpetuated a permanent underclass in America.”

Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonJoe Biden looks to expand election battleground into Trump country Biden leads Trump by 12 points among Catholic voters: poll The Hill's Campaign Report: Biden goes on offense MORE's campaign quickly responded to the report, calling the church visit a "gimmick to act as if he cares about the black community."

"[O]ur community can see through this: outreach to African Americans cannot be scripted; leaders ought to be prepared to address the hard truths about race and justice in our country," Clinton aide Marlon Marshall said in a statement. "And Trump’s discomfort on addressing these issues only reinforces that he’s unfit to be our president."