US President Donald Trump will hold a rally in Michigan on Tuesday to celebrate the first 100 days of his second term.
He is staging his biggest public event since returning to the White House in a state that has been particularly hard hit by his high tariffs and aggressive approach to Canada.
Mr Trump will visit Selfridge Air National Guard Base this afternoon to make an announcement alongside Michigan's Democratic governor, Gretchen Whitmer.
He is expected to speak at a rally at Macomb Community College north of Detroit, giving him a chance to demonstrate leadership in the fight for change in government and on social, political and international issues.
His Republican administration's tough immigration policies have led to a significant drop in arrests for illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, and billionaire Elon Musk's government-cutting efforts have shaken Washington to its core.
The protectionist import tariffs imposed on America's trading partners were also aimed at reforming the global economy that the United States had built and developed in the decades following World War II.
Mr Trump has also advocated massive US expansionism, raising the possibility of military intervention in Greenland and Panama, suggesting that American developers could help turn the war-torn Gaza Strip into a Riviera-like resort and even proposing the annexation of Canada.
“I run the country and the world,” Mr. Trump told The Atlantic magazine.
Speaking to Time magazine about his first 100 days, he said: “I believe that what I'm doing is exactly what I said I was doing during my campaign.”
That doesn't mean he's popular. Only about four in 10 Americans approve of his performance as president, and his ratings on the economy and trade are even lower.
Moreover, 46% of American adults support Mr. Trump's immigration policies, and about half say he has “gone too far” in deporting immigrants who are in the country illegally.
Meanwhile, only 33% of Americans have a positive view of Mr. Musk, the Tesla chief executive and the world's richest person, and about half believe the administration has gone too far in its efforts to cut the number of government workers.
“The point of the first 100 days is that the foundations of our government have been severely damaged,” said Max Steyer, founder of
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