President Donald Trump is holding a rally in Michigan on Tuesday to mark the first 100 days of his second term, staging his largest public event since returning to the White House in a state that has been especially rocked by his steep trade tariffs and combative attitude toward Canada.
Democrats have tallied it up: has frozen, stalled or otherwise disrupted 鈥 from to to disaster aid 鈥 in what top Democrats say is an 鈥渦nprecedented and dangerous鈥 assault on by countless Americans.
Trump will sign an executive order Tuesday relaxing some of his 25% auto tariffs to help domestic carmaking, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said. She also said that Amazon鈥檚 plans to show tariff-related price hikes to consumers 鈥渋s a hostile and political act.鈥
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US farm and energy goods are hardest hit in tariff war with China
U.S. agriculture and energy products are the country鈥檚 largest exports to China and among the worst hit by Beijing鈥檚 retaliatory tariffs, according to released Tuesday by the U.S.-China Business Council.
U.S. exports to China support more than 860,000 jobs in the U.S., especially in sectors such as agriculture, aerospace and aviation, and semiconductors, the council said.
The state-by-state report shows companies, workers and farmers in the American Midwest and South are the most exposed.
鈥淭his two-way tariff shock feels like a 2018 flashback, except worse. No one is spared this time.鈥 said Sean Stein, the council鈥檚 president.
Trump will relax some auto tariffs as he visits a state defined by auto manufacturing
The White House hasn鈥檛 provided details ahead of Trump鈥檚 signing of an executive order on the changes.
Arthur Laffer, whom Trump gave the Presidential Medal of Freedom to during his first term, said in a private analysis that the 25% tariffs without any modifications could
The modifications come as Trump marks in the White House , a state Trump won last year by promising to increase factory jobs.
US consumer confidence plunges to 5-year low on tariff worries
The Conference Board said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index fell 7.9 points in April to 86 as anxiety over the weigh down growth expectations.
There鈥檚 a rapidly souring mood as most consumers expect prices to rise because of Trump鈥檚 taxes on imports. About half of Americans are worried about a potential recession, according to a .
How this gloom translates into spending, hiring, and growth will become clearer in the coming days and weeks as the normally resilient American job market also responds to Trump鈥檚 purges of federal workers and the deportation of immigrants working in the United States illegally.
U.S. employers posted 7.2 million vacancies in March, 300,000 below what economists forecast and down from 8.1 million the year before.
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Denmark鈥檚 king is greeted warmly by Greenland鈥檚 prime minister
the Trump wants to annex.
The king wore a jacket with emblems of the Danish and Greenlandic flags as he disembarked to applause on Tuesday, following the new Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen鈥檚 visit to Copenhagen this week.
Frederik鈥檚 visit includes meeting with the new and attending a traditional 鈥渃offee break鈥 with Greenlanders.
The trip comes after U.S. Vice President JD Vance visited a remote on the island and in it. Trump hasn鈥檛 ruled out , even though Denmark is a NATO ally.
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US stocks drift in early trading as CEOs cite uncertainty caused by Trump鈥檚 trade war
Stronger-than-expected profits keep piling higher for companies, but CEOs also say they鈥檙e unsure how long it can last because of uncertainty around Trump鈥檚 trade war.
The S&P 500 was 0.3% lower early Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 48 points, and the Nasdaq composite was down 0.4%.
UPS is among the companies saying it won鈥檛 update its forecasts because of 鈥渕acro-economic uncertainty.鈥
Investors fear Trump鈥檚 tariffs could cause a recession by sending prices higher, but the erratic way they鈥檙e being rolled out is also causing confusion among businesses and households.
Trump will relax some of his 25% auto tariffs to help domestic carmaking
Leavitt declined to provide details of the relief for autos and auto parts before Trump signs Tuesday鈥檚 executive order. Bessent said the goal is to enable automakers to create more domestic manufacturing jobs. Trump himself has suggested the changes would come.
Automakers and independent analyses have indicated that Trump鈥檚 tariffs could raise prices, hurt sales and make the U.S. sector less competitive worldwide.
鈥淧resident Trump has had meetings with both domestic and foreign auto producers, and he鈥檚 committed to bringing back auto production to the U.S.,鈥 Bessent said. 鈥淪o we want to give the automakers a path to do that, quickly, efficiently and create as many jobs as possible.鈥
Treasury secretary says market uncertainty is good for Trump negotiating trade deals
Scott Bessent says the economic uncertainty upending global financial markets is a tool Trump can use as he negotiates tariffs and trade deals. 鈥淧resident Trump creates what I would call strategic uncertainty in the negotiations,鈥 he told reporters at the White House.
鈥淚 think the aperture of uncertainty will be narrowing and, as we start moving forward announcing deals, then there will be certainty,鈥 Bessent said. 鈥淏ut certainty is not necessarily a good thing in negotiating.鈥
To those with questions about the market uncertainty, Leavitt added: 鈥淚 would say, trust in President Trump.鈥
White House slams Amazon鈥檚 plans to show how much tariffs increased prices
Leavitt said showing consumers how much tariffs raised prices on certain goods 鈥渋s a hostile and political act.鈥
The import taxes imposed by Trump threaten to increase prices on consumers and businesses and worsen inflationary pressure. Companies want customers to understand the source of these higher prices.
Leavitt suggested at Tuesday鈥檚 briefing with reporters that such transparency is un-American, saying 鈥淎mazon has partnered with a Chinese propaganda arm.鈥
White House says economy is getting stronger at 100-day mark for Trump鈥檚 second term
The White House is cheering Trump鈥檚 economic management despite a down stock stock market and depressed consumer sentiment.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the economy has added 345,000 jobs since Trump took office, including 9,000 manufacturing jobs. Leavitt also took credit for lower oil prices, even though some of the decline reflects expectations of slower economic growth worldwide because of Trump鈥檚 tariffs. And she said deregulating would lead to savings for U.S. families.
鈥淎s President Trump has said before, the best is yet to come,鈥 Leavitt said.
China to US: You started this trade war
China鈥檚 Ministry of Foreign Affairs released a short social media video Tuesday in response to U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent鈥檚 comments Monday that China is responsible for escalating tariffs since it sold vastly more goods to the U.S. than vice versa.
Amid soaring rhetoric and scenes of charged moments in U.S.-China relations, the narrator says China would never 鈥渒neel down鈥 before Trump, as 鈥渒neeling only invites more bullying.鈥
鈥淲hen the rest of the world stands together, the U.S. is just a small, stranded boat,鈥 said the narrator.
China has called for the U.S. to completely remove all tariffs on Chinese goods if they want to hold negotiations.
Trump鈥檚 team has disrupted some $430 billion in federal funds, top Democrats say
has frozen, stalled or otherwise disrupted some $430 billion in federal funds 鈥 from to to disaster aid 鈥 in what top Democrats say is an 鈥渦nprecedented and dangerous鈥 assault on by countless Americans.
Sen. Patty Murray of Washington and Rep. Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut on Tuesday released an online tracker that is compiling all the ways and are interrupting the flow of federal funds, often going up against the law.
鈥淚nstead of investing in the American people, President Trump is ignoring our laws and ripping resources away,鈥 said Murray and DeLauro, who are the top Democrats on the Appropriations committees in Congress.
The tally is far from complete or exhaustive, the lawmakers said, but a snapshot in time. It comes in a rapidly changing political and legal environment as the Trump administration faces from state and local governments, advocacy organizations, employees and others fighting to keep programs intact.
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Trump made big promises and moved at frenetic speed. 100 days in, here鈥檚 what he鈥檚 done and not done
The weeks since Trump returned to office have been a whirlwind of activity to show Americans that his administration is relentlessly .
With a compliant Republican-controlled Congress, Trump has had a free hand to begin overhauling the federal government and upending foreign policy.
As Trump hits his 100th day in office, his imprint is everywhere. But the long-term impact is often unclear.
Some of the Republican president鈥檚 executive orders are statements of intent or groundwork to achieve what has yet to be done.
Trump鈥檚 goals occasionally conflict with each other. He promised both to lower the cost of living and to impose tariffs on foreign goods, which will most likely increase prices. Other issues are languishing.
Very much unsettled is whether Trump has run up his scorecard lawfully. He has faced lawsuits over some of his actions, meaning much of what he鈥檚 done could be undone as cases play out.
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Trump marks his first 100 days in office with a rally in Michigan, a state rocked by his tariffs
Trump is holding on Tuesday to mark of his second term, staging his largest public event since returning to the White House in a state that has been especially rocked by his and .
He will make an afternoon visit to Selfridge Air National Guard Base for an announcement alongside Democratic Michigan Gov. . He鈥檚 expected to speak at a rally at Macomb Community College, north of Detroit, allowing him to revel in to upend government and social, political and foreign policy norms.
Michigan was one of the from the Democratic column. But it鈥檚 also been deeply affected by his tariffs, including on new imported cars and auto parts.
