Trump said the new trade agreement, coupled with his decision to roll back fuel-efficiency standards put in place by then-President Barack Obama, had benefited the state's auto industry. Trump negotiated the trade pact to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA, which he has called one of the worst trade deals ever. Trump used the event to argue that Biden would be weak on trade and to push his own trade policies, including the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement. Many were not wearing face masks, which are required in Michigan in places where it is impossible to keep a social distance of six feet or greater to deter the spread of coronavirus. Trump’s campaign stop in Michigan came one day after Biden traveled to suburban Detroit to make a direct appeal to blue-collar workers who might have voted Republican four years ago but now regret it.Īt Trump's rally, more than 5,000 supporters gathered at MBS International Airport near Saginaw to hear his rebuttal. Biden holds a 4.2 percentage point lead in Michigan, down from an 8-point lead at the end of July, according to the website RealClearPolitics’ polling average. Most polls show Biden leading in this year’s race, although some suggest Trump is closing the gap, giving Republicans optimism that he can carry the Wolverine State again. Trump’s victory in Michigan helped him breach the Democrats' “blue wall” and put him in the White House. Trump won Michigan by less than 11,000 votes - or about two-tenths of a percentage point - in 2016, becoming the first Republican presidential nominee to carry the state since George H.W.
Trump traveled to Michigan as polls suggest the presidential race is tightening in the key battleground state. "I'm running for reelection to keep jobs in Michigan." "Joe Biden sent your jobs to China," Trump told supporters at an airport hangar in Freeland. WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump used a campaign rally in Michigan late Thursday to attack Democratic challenger Joe Biden as a "globalist sellout" who spent his entire career sending American jobs overseas.
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