President\u00a0Donald Trump\u00a0plans to tout his handling of the economy during a visit to suburban Detroit on Monday, defending\u00a0sweeping tariffs\u00a0in a swing state where their effects have hurt many businesses as\u00a0midterm election\u00a0season heats up.<\/p>\n
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Trump is visiting a General Motors facility in Milford, home to tracks and proving grounds for new models and vehicles. Early voting is underway for Michigan\u2019s Aug. 4 primary, which features fierce nomination fights in both major political parties.<\/p>\n
Republican\u00a0Mike Rogers\u00a0is unopposed in the Senate primary, but the GOP gubernatorial contest pits Trump-backed Rep. John James against\u00a0Perry Johnson, a businessman turned politician who has launched unsuccessful campaigns before, including for president in 2024.<\/p>\n
Johnson is now trying to style himself in the president\u2019s mold \u2014 despite missing out on his endorsement. He\u2019s even holding a \u201cTrump Tailgate\u201d outside the president\u2019s GM event.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the Democratic Senate primary between Rep.\u00a0Haley Stevens\u00a0and progressive\u00a0Abdul El-Sayed\u00a0has drawn national attention for the right to face Rogers, who was narrowly defeated by Democrat Sen. Elissa Slotkin in 2024.<\/p>\n
Trump\u2019s new Canada tariffs could hurt Michigan<\/h4>\n
Michigan was one of the 2024\u00a0battlegrounds Trump flipped\u00a0after it backed Democrat\u00a0Joe Biden\u00a0in 2020. But the state has also seen parts of its economy affected by the president\u2019s tariffs, including on imported cars and auto parts.<\/p>\n
A new round of\u00a0steep import levies\u00a0is taking effect on dozens of U.S. trading partners. But Trump has singled out Canada with tariffs as high as 50% on a wide array of its products, including cars.<\/p>\n
The president is visiting Oakland County, which encompasses much of Detroit\u2019s northern suburbs. Once a Republican stronghold, it has increasingly leaned Democratic, backing Biden against Trump\u00a0in 2020\u00a0and Vice President\u00a0Kamala Harris\u00a0against Trump four years later.<\/p>\n
The White House says Trump will talk up having generated manufacturing jobs and foreign investment in the U.S. while making the case that his policies and leadership have boosted the auto industry.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe President pledged to put Michigan workers back to work, and he\u2019s doing it,\u201d White House spokesperson Liz Huston said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Michigan\u2019s economy relies heavily on Canada, however, meaning the new tariffs \u2014 coupled with\u00a0inflation still running high\u00a0and gas prices\u00a0rising again\u00a0as the already\u00a0unpopular war\u00a0in\u00a0Iran\u00a0escalates \u2014 have created additional economic concerns statewide.<\/p>\n
Those come at a time when voters across the country were already\u00a0increasingly dissatisfied with Trump\u2019s handling of the economy.<\/p>\n
Jason Roe, a former executive director of the Michigan Republican Party who tried unsuccessfully to distance it from Trump\u2019s \u201cMake America Great Again\u201d movement in 2021, said that more than coinciding with his new round of tariffs, Trump\u2019s visit is a function of Michigan\u2019s relatively late primary and is meant to ensure that James secures the nomination.<\/p>\n
But Roe also predicted that it was a risk for the president to tie himself too closely to top Republicans ahead of the general election, calling it \u201ckryptonite to November voters.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trump, who won the White House on a promise to lower\u00a0the cost of living, also has seen his\u00a0approval ratings sag, meaning kitchen table issues could be a liability for Republicans trying to hold control of Congress after Election Day on Nov. 3.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re happy to have the president here, campaigning with Republicans. We think it highlights the fact that the only thing they care about is Donald Trump and refuse to stand up to him,\u201d said Curtis Hertel, chairman of the Michigan Democratic Party. \u201cIt\u2019s good for us every time the president is here because he\u2019s incredibly unpopular.\u201d<\/p>\n
The US and Canada have squabbled over a new border bridge<\/h4>\n
The Supreme Court\u00a0struck down\u00a0many of Trump\u2019s sweeping tariffs, but his administration has tried to find ways around that, including by arguing that he can impose them on Canada because that country is discriminating against American exports of products including automobiles.<\/p>\n
But Trump\u2019s latest round of tariffs came after he voiced frustration with Canada for having retaliated and imposed its own levies on U.S. imports in response to Trump\u2019s initial tariffs last year. Trump launched the first round after alleging Canada should do more to stop fentanyl smuggling.<\/p>\n
It is Trump\u2019s third trip to Michigan in his second term.<\/p>\n
In January, he\u00a0visited a Ford plant\u00a0in Dearborn and addressed the Detroit Economic Club, offering a defense of tariffs even as auto industry leaders blamed them for increasing the cost of doing business. The outcry is part of the reason Trump\u00a0extended rebates\u00a0to domestic car companies on some tariffs on imported auto parts.<\/p>\n
The president\u00a0marked his second term\u2019s first 100 days\u00a0with a rally in Warren, where he mostly mentioned grievances left over from the 2024 campaign, even scoffing at what Biden might look like in a bathing suit.<\/p>\n
His latest visit coincides with tensions between his administration and Canada that have marred the opening of a new bridge linking Detroit and Windsor, Ontario.<\/p>\n
Canada on Friday\u00a0held its own event\u00a0hailing the opening of the $4.7 billion Gordie Howe International Bridge\u00a0instead of a planned celebration\u00a0with officials in the U.S. after Trump announced the new Canadian tariffs.<\/p>\n
An earlier, joint ceremony had been set for June but was scrapped after Trump suggested the U.S. wanted a \u201cbetter\u201d deal on the bridge it co-owns with Canada.<\/p>\n
That eventually led to an agreement on splitting tolls that was supposed to allow for the rescheduled joint U.S.-Canada celebration \u2014 until the new tariffs derailed that, too.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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