Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer warns of worsening auto industry under Trump’s tariff strategy

[Hume]

DETROIT (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer offered a contrasting view of manufacturing in Detroit Thursday, two days after President Donald Trump defended his tariff strategy in the Motor City.

Whitmer, a term-limited Democrat who is in her last year as governor, said in a speech at the Detroit Auto Show that the administration’s tariff strategy has hurt American auto manufacturing and is benefiting Chinese competitors. It’s a message she has repeated over the past year as economic uncertainty has rippled across the automobile sector.

 

[Walt]

Biden increased industrial employment. trump has crashed it.

 

[Crepitus]

DETROIT (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer offered a contrasting view of manufacturing in Detroit Thursday, two days after President Donald Trump defended his tariff strategy in the Motor City.

Whitmer, a term-limited Democrat who is in her last year as governor, said in a speech at the Detroit Auto Show that the administration’s tariff strategy has hurt American auto manufacturing and is benefiting Chinese competitors. It’s a message she has repeated over the past year as economic uncertainty has rippled across the automobile sector.

Well she's only saying it because it's true...

 

[Hawkeye10]

Back in reality the problems with the American auto industry are high prices and low quality....which tariffs promote by shielding them from competition.

 

[Nordberg]

The auto company heads were interviewed at the auto show and said Trump's tariffs are causing 25 percent increase in car costs. They said they tried to swallow them as long as they could, but that time has passed.