Warren, Mich. (AP) – Chairman Donald Trump has been detained A rally in Michigan on Tuesday to mark The first 100 days of his second term, his biggest political event since he returned to the White House in a state that has been startled by him Steep trading rates And combative attitude towards Canada.
Even before he left Washington, the White House announced that it was planning to illuminate automatic rates, a movement that can mainly resonate in a state that is home to several large car manufacturers. Trump brings an afternoon visit to Selfridge Air National Guard Base next to Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
He gives a speech for thousands of supporters at the Macomb Community College, north of Detroit, so that he can enjoy Lead a sprint To increase government and social, political and foreign policy standards.
His Republican Government strict immigration policy have sent arrests for illegal crossings along the border between the US and Mexico plummetingAnd public efforts Led by billionaire adviser Elon Musk Shaking Washington in the core. The protectionist import taxes imposed on US trading partners have also tried to restore a world economy that the US built In the decades after the Second World War.
Trump is also in favor of radical expansionism and refuses to exclude military intervention in Greenland And Panamasuggesting that American developers can help transfer the Gaza Strip torn by war In a rivier-like resort and even suggests annexation of Canada.
“I run the country and the world,” Trump said The Atlantic Magazine In an interview. He told the time of his first 100 days: “I think what I do is exactly where I fed a campaign.”
But only about 4 in 10 Americans appreciates how Trump uses presidencyAnd his assessments about the economy and trade are lower than that. Moreover, 46% of American adults appreciate Trump immigration policyWith about half of the Americans who say that he “went too far” when it comes to deporting immigrants who live illegally in the country.
Only 33% of Americans now have a favorable picture of Musk, the Tesla CEO and the world’s richest person, and about half believes Return the government’s workforce.
“The bottom line for the first hundred days is that a lot of damage is being done to the basic principles of our government,” said Max Stier, founder of President and CEO of the Partnership for Public Service, a non -profit organization dedicated to a better government.
Michigan was one of the Battleground sets Trump reversed of the Democratic column. But it is also deeply affected by its rates, including new imported cars and car parts.
Michigan’s unemployment rate has risen for three consecutive months, including the jumping of 1.3% from March to 5.5%, according to state data. That is one of the highest in the nation, much higher than the national average of 4.2%.
Automaker Stellantis Stop -production In factories in Canada and Mexico after Trump had announced a rate of 25% on imported vehicles, so that 900 American employees temporarily dismissed. Industrial groups have encouraged the White House individually to delete plans for rates on imported car parts, warning that this would increase the prices for cars and activate ‘fired and bankruptcy’.
That would apparently make the state a strange choice for Trump to greet his own performance.
“I’m not sure if he is at all interested in doing the smart thing,” said Bernie Porn, an old poller in Michigan. “He is what I would call a president.” This is what I’m going to do. “
In a potentially important policy change, however, Karoline Leavitt said on Tuesday morning that Trump would sign an executive order that a number of part of a number would sign His rates on cars and car parts. Treasury secretary Scott Bessent said, however, that the goal remained and allowed car manufacturers to create more domestic production paths.
Bessent said that Trump is concerned with ‘jobs of the future, not from the past’.
Carolyn Martz, a Royal Oak, Michigan, resident, was outside the Trump meeting and said she supports the president’s rates. She said that her husband is a car technician and has noticed how parts from China and elsewhere come abroad.
“I would like to see more things made in America, by Americans, for Americans,” said 61-year-old Martz, adding that rates can stimulate American production.
“If we have to eat more in the beginning with higher prices, it might just be part of it,” she said.
The president also visits Selfridge, which was founded after the US gone into the First World War in 1917, and the Community College Campus in Warren. Both are near the Canadian border and the home of many people with deep business and personal ties with that country.
Michigan will be important for Republicans in 2026, because their party tries to pick up a senate chair in the State for the first time in decades and rewinds control of the Governor’s office, with Whitmer Term Limited. Multiple competitive house races will also be on the interim vote, together with the control of the state legislator.
Presidents usually use the 100-day marking to launch multiple rallies. But Trump only does the Michigan stop.
Administration officials say that Trump is his most effective stay in the White House, has meetings and speaks with reporters almost every day. The speech in Macomb County will indeed be one of the few great political crowds that he has tackled since 20 January since the inauguration day.
The exceptions fly the most weekends to play golf in Florida or attended sporting events, including the Super Bowl and the Daytona 500, where Trump enjoyed the crowds but did not speak to them. The limited trips to see supporters is a great deviation from his first term, when Trump held a series of rallies before he fourth 100 days in office With a speech by Pennsylvania in 2017.
Also in the spotlight is Whitmer, who is often mentioned as a future presidential candidate. Long a Trump critic, Whitmer has tried Find a common ground With the president lately, Visit him in the White House And specifically discuss the future of Selfridge.
The Governor is worried about the A-10 aircraft stationed at the base that is being phased out, which could lead to closing the base. But Trump insured reporters before he left the White House that he would ensure that the basis would not close.
“We’re going to keep it open,” said the president.
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