Trump returning to Michigan subsequent week for first time since election
President Trump is about to go to Michigan subsequent week for the primary time since he gained the battleground state within the 2024 election.
Mr. Trump’s press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, confirmed on X that he will likely be within the state on Tuesday — in the future earlier than the Trump administration reaches the 100-day mark. The Detroit Information first reported on the president’s upcoming go to.
“President Trump is worked up to return to the good state of Michigan subsequent Tuesday, the place he’ll rally in Macomb County to have fun the primary 100 days,” Leavitt mentioned within the publish. Leavitt didn’t say the place the president was going to be and what he was going to debate.
The president final visited Michigan the night time earlier than the November election, the identical place he visited on the eve of the 2016 and 2020 elections.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer visited the president twice on the White Home within the final two months. The Democratic governor, who’s ending out her second time period, mentioned jobs and tariffs, the financial system and manufacturing. The conferences got here as Mr. Trump introduced tariffs on foreign-made vehicles and auto elements, a transfer praised by United Auto Employees union President Shawn Fain.
On Wednesday, Michigan auto sellers, feeling the impression of the tariff insurance policies, took their issues to Whitmer.
“When now we have an financial system that is sputtering due to nationwide coverage, it should impression our means to fund our colleges and construct roads,” Whitmer mentioned. “Each one in every of us pays for this, and Michiganders pay extra dearly than anybody else within the nation once we’ve acquired indiscriminate tariffs that coverage’s altering always. It is hurting each trade.”
