As Just the News reported, "With the nation's first primary state as a backdrop, former President Donald Trump took aim Saturday at Democrats' urban strongholds, vowing to both secure and revitalize blue cities weary from years of violence and economic decay."

As the outlet reported, President Trump told a crowd in Durham, New Hampshire, "We're going to rebuild our cities into beacons of hope, safety, and beauty. It will be the greatest investment ever made."

This is encouraging. All too often, Republicans have neglected our great cities – or been openly hostile toward them because of their Democratic leadership.

Perhaps the most famous example of this was an Oct. 29, 1975 speech in which then-President Gerald Ford explained why he would not help New York City with its fiscal crisis.