Warren: President Donald Trump visited Michigan on Tuesday to mark the first 100 days of his new mandate with two events, including a great night demonstration.
Although he highlighted the first achievements of his administration, concerns about the economy and its management remain high among many Americans.
Speaking briefly at a National Guard base, Trump promoted the investments of his administration in defense and praised the foreign policy history of his first administration, from 2017 to 2021.
He said that Defense Secretary Pete Hegesh was doing a “great job”, not to mention recent revelations that he discussed highly sensitive military information with several personal acquaintances.
And, at a relatively rare moment of bipartisanship, the president praised the governor of Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat. He said that she had played a key role in “saving” the base of the National Air Guard of Selfridge to the Northeast of Detroit, where local media reported concerns about the future of the base last year.
“I will support a record investment of $ 1 billion in our national defense,” Trump said, speaking before dozens of troops, as well as Whitmer and Hegseth.
During the speech, he said that the base in Selfridge would receive 21 Boeing F-15X aircraft. Whitmer said in a statement that the measure assured the mission of the base and was a “great bipartisan victory for Michigan” that will protect jobs.
In Air Force One before Tuesday, Trump signed an order to soften the blow of his automatic tariffs with a combination of credits and relief of other taxes. Meanwhile, the United States Secretary of Commerce, Howard Lutnick, told CNBC that he had reached an agreement with a foreign power, which declined to appoint, that he should permanently relieve the “reciprocal” tariffs that Trump plans to impose.
Later, Trump spoke in a night demonstration in Warren, near Detroit. That event, the greatest since he assumed the position on January 20, was an opportunity to promote what his administration considers his main achievements in the first months of his second non -consecutive mandate.
It is likely that the event is also an opportunity for the president to reassure voters in the politically competitive automatic state that he is a good economic administrator.
A three -day survey of Reuters/Ipsos completed on Sunday showed that 42% of respondents approved Trump’s performance so far, while 53% disapproved. That is less than 47% approval in the Reuters/Ipsos survey in January.
The participation of respondents who approved Trump’s economic administration was only 36% in the last survey, the lowest level in their current mandate or in its 2017-2021 presidency.
The fear of a recession has increased in recent weeks as Trump has launched a global commercial war, hiking tariffs so high that economists warn that trade with some countries, in particular, China, could almost stop. The movements have shaken investors and companies.
