President Trump spoke at a rally Tuesday at Macomb Community College in Warren, Michigan to mark the first 100 days of his tenure. Scott Olson/Getty Images Closed subtitles
Donald Trump's Michigan rally celebrates the 100th day of his second term, not a campaign rally, but is similar to one in many ways. He spoke for nearly an hour and a half, wrongly claiming to win the 2020 presidential election, jumped to the YMCA and admitted to regular visitors to the rally that had appeared over the years.
"I miss you," he said to a group of Trump's loyal front row Jos. “I miss the campaign.”
While Tuesday night’s rally was called a way to celebrate his 100-day record, it offers more purposes. Trump also used his time to enjoy the worship of the crowd on the stage, blaming Joe Biden for various ethnic issues and insisting that as president, he did not receive the worthy honors he deserved.
Trump celebrated the policy that he expelled alleged Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador - a court challenged move. In recent days, the Supreme Court temporarily blocked new deportations under the Foreign Enemy Act, a law used by the Trump administration to deport more than 200 people to El Salvador.
"Now the court is trying to say, it doesn't matter. I don't think it's allowed to stand," he said. "We are deporting on a massive scale and it's happening very quickly. The worst is being sent to a nonsense prison in El Salvador."
He then showed a video in which the prisoners were sent to El Salvador and treated roughly - their heads were shaved, bent over, bent over into the prison cell while the crowd cheered.
Trump gestured to the crowd at the end of his speech and was at work for 100 days. Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images Closed subtitles
Trump boasted about his tariffs, which worried economists and consumers, which caused concerns about recession. But Trump has put tariffs on a way to punish countries he feels unfair to the United States
"We are abused by friends and enemies, and in many cases, the abuse that friends abuse us is more abused than our enemies," he told the crowd. "So I want you to know that you will soon be proud of this country and with my Chinese tariffs, we are ending the biggest theft work in world history."
Although Trump's tariff policies are motivated, including a 145% tariff on Chinese goods, his trade policies have also changed frequently. Trump signed executive action on Tuesday to ease tariff burden on automakers that are assembled in U.S.
“Someone would say, ‘Oh, well, that’s a change.’ Trump said that this was called flexibility before adding a threat note about companies that weren’t built in the U.S. ended up being not built.
Trump spent some time condemning the news media, as he often did on the campaign, and retained some criticism of pollsters.
Many polls show that Trump's approval rate will drop since Trump took office. For example, the overall recognition rate of a new NPR/PBS News/Marist survey fell to 42%.
Trump has no evidence to regard these as "fake polls."
"They said Trump only had a 44% approval rate," he said. "Well, that's actually not bad. But when you think if it's a legitimate poll, it's going to be the 60s or 70s - these guys are a bunch of crooked people."
Trump also targeted Fed Chairman Jerome Powell, who criticized in recent weeks for not scattering the market to boost the economy by lowering interest rates.
"You shouldn't criticize the Fed. You should let him do his own thing. But I know more about interest rates than he knows."
In another callback to the 2024 campaign, Trump has returned to criticizing former President Biden time and time again. Trump told the crowd that Biden caused high inflation, allowing undocumented criminals to enter the United States and allowing unfair trade deals.
Trump even informally investigated the crowd to insult Biden.
"What's better? A bent Joe or a sleepy Joe?" he said.
Trump's auto workers raised the Trump 2028 flag as Trump spoke. Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images Closed subtitles
Plus the feeling of the campaign is that some in the crowd want two-term president to run again - the Constitution doesn't allow it.
"They once said - fake news - to be a good president, you have to serve two terms," Trump told the crowd at one point. "So we have to serve two terms now."
The crowd responded with a shout of "Three!", with some holding three fingers. As the cheer continued, Trump smiled.
Later, he invited communications assistant Margo Martin to the stage, and she said: "Trump 2028, is there anyone?" The crowd cheered.