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Trump defends his sweeping tariffs and watches ‘America First’ drag races during Michigan stop 56%
By WILL WEISSERT71% DARLENE SUPERVILLE48%
7/27/2026, 3:47:19 AM
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MILFORD, Mich.
(AP) — President Donald Trump came to Michigan on Monday and argued that his economic policies have revived the auto industry and American manufacturing, even as some businesses contend that the sweeping tariffs he’s imposed have actually hurt the state.
Trump visited a sprawling General Motors facility in the Detroit suburb of Milford that is a testing ground for its vehicles.
He pumped a fist after watching a trio of drag races that involved muscle cars and luxury vehicles like the Corvette Z06, Cadillac Escalade V, and EV Hummer — events the announcer promised were “all America First power.”
It was the kind of thundering speed the president is expecting at an IndyCar race in Washington next month, which is part of America’s 250th birthday celebrations.
In a subsequent speech inside a design facility, the president cheered GM’s plans to expand production domestically in coming years and declared himself a president who was standing up for auto workers “at long last.”
“They’ve come a long way,” he said to reporters about the Detroit-based automaker during the tour.
“It’s amazing what tariffs are doing for GM.”
Trump said he’s been good to the company but he declined to say more.
“I’ve done more for you than your parents, OK?”
he joked.
Michigan was one of the 2024 battlegrounds Trump flipped after it backed Democrat Joe Biden in 2020 and Vice President Kamala Harris against Trump four years later.
But the state has seen parts of its economy affected by the president’s tariffs, including on imported cars and auto parts.
GM says its facility is the oldest dedicated vehicle testing operation in the United States, where 4,200 employees work to refine nearly every vehicle the company makes before they reach consumers.
It has more than 150 miles of test roads and the early innovations perfected on site include the first mass-produced automatic transmission, known as the “Hydra-Matic.”
Monday’s visit coincided with the opening of a new bridge linking Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, that was beset by tensions between the U.S. and Canadian governments.
Canada canceled a planned joint celebration for the $4.7 billion Gordie Howe International Bridge and instead held its own event after Trump announced the new Canadian tariffs.
In January, he visited a Ford plant in 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 president marked his second term’s first 100 days with a rally in Warren, where he mostly mentioned grievances left over from the 2024 campaign,
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Superville reported from Washington.
Trump’s new Canada tariffs could hurt Michigan
A new round of steep import levies is taking effect on dozens of U.S. trading partners.
Yet Trump has singled out Canada with tariffs as high as 50% on a wide array of its products, including cars.
The GM facility he toured is in Oakland County, which encompasses much of Detroit’s northern suburbs.
Once a Republican stronghold, it has increasingly leaned Democratic, backing Biden against Trump in 2020 and Vice President Kamala Harris against Trump four years later.
Company officials led Trump on a tour where he saw various GM models, including the latest versions of the Chevrolet Suburban, GMC Sierra and Chevrolet Silverado — the production of which he argued had been boosted by tariffs.
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