President Donald Trump Holds a rally in Michigan on Tuesday to mark the first 100 days of its second term, organizing its greatest public event since its return to the White House in a state which was particularly shaken by its steep trade price and combative attitude towards Canada.
Before even leaving Washington, The White House has announced that it was planning to facilitate automotive prices, A decision that could be particularly resonant in a state that houses several major car manufacturers.
Trump visited the afternoon at the base of the National Selfridge Air Guard to announce a new hunting mission alongside the Democratic Governor of Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer, whom he hugged.
Subsequently, he will give a speech to thousands of supporters in Macomb Community College, north of Detroit, allowing him to revel in directing a sprint to upset the government and the standards of social, political and foreign policy.
Behind the stage where Trump was ready to speak, large electronic screens reading “100 days of magnitude”. Smaller signs on different sections of the crowd read “Buy American. Hire American “and” Jobs! Jobs! Jobs! “
The strict immigration policies of its republican administration have sent arrests for illegal passages along the American-Mexican border, and the government’s washing efforts led by billionaire Elon Musk shaken Washington. His taxes on protectionist imports imposed on American trade partners have also sought to reorganize a global economy that the United States built in the decades that followed the Second World War.
Trump also defended radical expansionism, refusing to exclude military intervention in Greenland and Panama, suggesting that American developers could help convert the Gaza strip torn by war into a seaside resort in Riviera and even suggest an annexation of Canada.
“I head the country and the world,” Trump told Atlantic magazine in an interview. He said to Time his first 100 days: “I think what I do is exactly what I campaigned on.”
But only about 4 out of 10 Americans approve how Trump manages the presidency, and his notes on the economy and trade are lower than that. In addition, 46% of American adults approve of Trump’s immigration policies, with about half of Americans saying that he had “gone too far” when it comes to deporting immigrants illegally living in the country.
Only 33% of Americans, on the other hand, have a favorable vision of Musk, the CEO of Tesla and the richest person in the world, and about half believe that the administration went too far to work to reduce the government’s workforce.
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“Most of the first hundred days are that many damage caused to the fundamental principles of our government,” said Max Stier, president and chief executive officer of The Partnership for Service, a non -profit organization dedicated to better government.
Michigan was one of the states of the battlefield that has been overthrown from the democratic column. But he was also deeply affected by his prices, including new imported cars and car parts.
The unemployment rate of Michigan increased for three consecutive months, in particular by jumping 1.3% compared to March to 5.5%, according to state data. It is among the highest in the country, far exceeding the national average of 4.2%.
The automaker Stellantis has interrupted production in factories in Canada and Mexico after Trump announced a 25% rate on imported vehicles, temporarily linking 900 US employees. Industry groups have exhorted the White House separately to remove prices on imported automotive parts, warning that this would increase prices on cars and could trigger “layoffs and bankruptcy”.
It would apparently make a strange choice for Trump to greet his own achievements.
“I’m not sure he is at all interested in doing the intelligent thing,” said Bernie Porn, a long -standing sounder in Michigan. “He is what I would call a president opposite.” That’s what I’m going to do. »»
However, in a potentially major change in policy, the White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump would sign an executive decree on Tuesday morning some of his prices on cars and car parts. The secretary of the Treasury, Scott Bessent, nevertheless said that the objective remained allowed car manufacturers to create more national manufacturing jobs.
Bessent said Trump was concerned about “the jobs of the future, not from the past”.
Carolyn Martz, a resident of Royal Oak, Michigan, was outside Trump’s rally and said that she was supporting the president’s prices. She said that her husband is a automotive technician and noted how the parts came from China and moreover abroad.
“I would like to see more things made in America, by the Americans, for the Americans,” said Martz, 61, adding that the prices could stimulate American manufacturing.
“If we have to eat more at the start with higher prices, it could be part of it,” she said.
The president also went to Selfridge, which was created after the entrance to the First World War in 1917, and the community college campus in Warren. Both are close to the Canadian border and house many people with deep affairs and personal ties with this country.
Michigan will be important for the Republicans in 2026 while their party tried to take a seat in the Senate in the state for the first time in decades and to regain control of the governor’s office, with a term limited to Whitmer. Several competitive house races will also be on the mid-term voting bulletin, as well as the control of the state legislature.
As a rule, the presidents use the 100 -day brand to launch several rallies. But Trump only stops Michigan.
Administration officials claim that Trump is the most effective stay at the White House, having meetings and addressing journalists almost every day. Indeed, the speech of the county of Macomb will be one of the few great political crowds he addressed since the day of the inauguration on January 20.
The exceptions have made most weekends fly for Golf in Florida or attend sporting events, including Super Bowl and Daytona 500, where Trump savor the crowd but did not talk to them. The limited journey to see the supporters is a major gap in his first mandate, when Trump organized a series of rallies before celebrating 100 days in power with a Pennsylvania speech in 2017.
Whitmer, who is frequently mentioned as a future presidential candidate. A long critic of Trump, Whitmer has sought to find common ground with the president lately, visiting the White House and specifically chatting with the future of Selfridge.
The governor is concerned that the A-10 plane parked at the base is deleted, which could lead to the closure of the base. But Trump assured journalists before leaving the White House that he would make sure that the base would not close.
“We will keep him open,” said the president.