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Trump made the comment as he rallied supporters here on Tuesday and made his usual "what do you have to lose" pitch to African-American voters few of whom attended his rally in this rural part of this battleground state.

Donald Trump thinks black communities in the US are "absolutely in the worst shape that they've ever been in before."

"We're going to rebuild our inner cities because our African-American communities are absolutely in the worst shape that they've ever been in before. Ever. Ever. Ever," Trump said to approve nods from the nearly all-white crowd.

"You take a look at the inner cities, you get no education, you get no jobs, and you get shot walking down the street. They're worse I mean, honestly, places like Afghanistan are safer than some of our inner cities," he continued. "And I think it's resonating."

His comments came despite the fact that African-Americans in the US have faced dramatically worse circumstances throughout history from slavery to Jim Crow laws.

Trump has argued that black voters should flock to his candidacy because he will "fix it" and has slammed his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton for seeing black Americans as votes, not as people -- even though she has a history of championing civil rights issues and more than 9-in-10 African-Americans support Clinton, according to recent polling.

Trump's support with African-Americans stands in the low single digits according to recent national polls.

Despite his words aimed at drawing black voters to his campaign, Trump on Tuesday did not address the most police recent shooting of an unarmed African-. African American man. Terence Crutcher, a 40-year-old black man, was shot by police Friday night in Tulsa, Oklahoma

Clinton addressed the shooting earlier on "The Steve Harvey Morning Show," calling it "unbearable" and arguing for the need to "tackle systemic racism."

Critics have also panned Trump's outreach to African-Americans for painting the lives of black Americans in broad-brushed and bleak terms.