US EditionTrump touts economic record during Detroit trip, seeking to ease voter anxieties
Trump toured a Ford plant producing the bestselling F-150 and addressed the Detroit Economic Club to promote U.S. manufacturing amid eight months of job losses, officials said.
- President Donald Trump visited a Ford factory in Dearborn, Michigan, where workers cheered and he inspected assembly operations, according to Ford spokespeople and the White House press pool.
- Ford Executive Jim Farley stated that the Dearborn factory will operate 24 hours a day and add a third shift for production due to rising demand for its products.
- Trump claimed during his speech that the U.S. economy is growing rapidly, citing investment commitments of over $18 trillion since his return to office.
- Trump emphasized that his administration's tariffs have encouraged domestic manufacturing and claimed the economic turnaround is the greatest in U.S. history.
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Trump Claims ‘Economy Is Great’ as Grocery Prices Jump and Jobs Picture Worsens
In a speech the White House billed as focusing on the economy, President Donald Trump spent most of his hour on a Detroit stage Tuesday repeating his various lies and grievances on just about everything else. Only two minutes and 34 seconds into his remarks to the Detroit Economic Club, Trump veered off and returned to one […]
President Trump pitches economic comeback in Detroit amid Federal Reserve investigation
President Trump was in Detroit promoting his economic plan, but consumer expectations, weaker jobs numbers and a criminal investigation into the Federal Reserve are challenging his message.
Fact check: Trump litters Detroit economic speech with numerous false claims about economy
By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — Inflation hasn’t “stopped.” Consumer prices are up during this presidential term, not “down.” Grocery prices are rising, not starting to fall “rapidly.” US businesses and consumers, not China, pay US tariffs on Chinese imports. It’s impossible to reduce prescription drug prices by “thousands” of percentage points, since this would
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Michigan AdvanceTrump in Detroit claims prices are falling, attacks Fed and Democrats amid economic doubts
President Donald Trump addresses the Detroit Economic Club at the MotorCity Casino. Jan. 13, 2025 | Photo by Ben Solis/Michigan AdvanceDETROIT – President Donald Trump visited the Motor City on Tuesday to tout what he considered wins on the economy and other aspects of his second term, which have included a rough economic start, a brutal immigration crackdown that has led to the shooting death of an American citizen, and military attacks on seve…
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