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President Donald Trump plans to mark the 100-day milestone of his second term in the carmaking hub of Macomb County, Michigan, a bastion of blue-collar workers who he says he’s protecting with sweeping tariff policies that have upended markets. Author of the article: You can save this article by registering for free here . Or sign-in if you have an account.
(Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump plans to mark the 100-day milestone of his second term in the carmaking hub of Macomb County, Michigan, a bastion of blue-collar workers who he says he’s protecting with sweeping tariff policies that have upended markets. Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada.
Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Sign In or Create an Account White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt highlighted the upcoming trip on X, saying: “President Trump is excited to return to the great state of Michigan next Tuesday, where he will rally in Macomb County to celebrate the FIRST 100 DAYS!” Macomb County combines working-class suburbs north of Detroit, home to facilities tied to General Motors Co.
and Stellantis. The county has long been considered a presidential battleground, though it has shifted toward Republicans in recent years in line with other working-class suburbs in the Midwest. Trump got 56% of the vote there in 2024, en route winning the swing state and the presidency.
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Please try again Interested in more newsletters? Browse here. Trump’s second term has been marked by a broad-ranging campaign to unwind regulations he says are holding back economic development as well as a campaign to reshape global trade, reshuffle decades-old norms and push countries to lower barriers to US goods. The president has slapped widespread tariffs on trading partners — now mostly paused at 10% — including levies on foreign automobiles that he credits with helping encourage carmakers to build manufacturing plants in the US.
“Remember, there’s no tariff when they build their plants here — and everybody wants to,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Wednesday. “The higher the tariffs go, the more likely it is they come in and build a plant.” Trump is set to rally in Macomb County “to celebrate his first 100 days in office,” Leavitt said in an emailed statement.
“Michiganders are benefiting from President Trump’s agenda to revitalize American our economy and secure the southern border, and the best is yet to come!” Workers from the region — including Brian Pannebecker, a retired autoworker and head of the group Auto Workers for Trump 2024 — were on hand in Washington early this month to celebrate the president’s so-called Liberation Day, when he announced widespread tariffs. United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain, a prominent Trump critic during the 2024 election, has praised Trump’s automotive tariffs, though he criticized other “reckless, chaotic tariffs” the White House has put forward in Trump’s first 100 days. Trump’s tariffs — including a 25% levy on automobiles and auto part imports — have caused heartburn for some in the industry, worried about domestic manufacturing reliant on foreign inputs.
Automotive supply chains criss-cross the borders between the US, Canada and Mexico. Macomb itself sits at an international crossroads, between major border crossings in Detroit to the south and Port Huron in the north. Trump has also said he’s working with Michigan’s leaders to support the county’s Selfridge Air National Guard Base and keep it “open, strong, thriving.
” “We’re working on Selfridge, as you know, the air base; we’re trying to get the air base open, keep it open,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on April 9. “We’re working on that very hard, and I think we’ll come home with a winner for Michigan.” Postmedia is committed to maintaining a lively but civil forum for discussion.
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