In his first campaign event since the apparent assassination attempt on Sunday, former President Donald Trump touted his economic policies and suggested that his “consequential” agenda could be the reason he’s been “shot at.”
Trump sat down for a town hall event with Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders in front of a large crowd in Flint, Michigan, and the former president said he has been saddened to see the decline of the automotive industry in the Detroit and Flint area — what was known as the car manufacturing capital of the world.
The Republican nominee said the U.S. needs to manufacture more vehicles in the country instead of in Mexico and China. He then promised the crowd of Michiganders that his administration would put a 200% tariff on vehicles manufactured outside of the U.S.
“They think they’re going to make their cars there and they’re going to sell them…
