{"id":41699,"date":"2025-04-30T04:20:45","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T09:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=41699"},"modified":"2025-04-30T04:20:48","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T09:20:48","slug":"trump-returns-to-his-roots-with-a-campaign-style-rally-to-mark-100-days-in-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=41699","title":{"rendered":"Trump returns to his roots with a campaign-style rally to mark 100 days in office"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

To celebrate the first 100 days of his second term in office, President Donald Trump<\/a> went back to his greatest hits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At a rally Tuesday in Warren, Michigan, commemorating the early marker of his second term, Trump leaned into much of the rhetoric that became a staple of his campaign rallies, hitting on major themes like the economy and immigration even as his poll numbers are among the worst of any president at this point in office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI miss the campaign,\u201d Trump told a raucous crowd, lamenting that he no longer gets to regularly hold rally-style events with his most loyal political supporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Recent public polling has found Trump\u2019s approval rating consistently in the low-to-mid-40s<\/a>, numbers at odds with the rosy portrayal he gave in his Michigan stop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Trump administration\u2019s focus on illegal immigration and the border has consistently been his highest-performing policy issue, but his plan to implement sweeping tariffs has roiled global markets and gotten poor marks; a recent CNBC poll found that 57% of respondents<\/a> believe the United States is either headed to recession or already in one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Trump, in characteristic fashion Tuesday, cast his first three months in office as a universal success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It has been \u201cthe most successful first 100 days of administration in the history of our country,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd that\u2019s according to many, many people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cheri Verardi, who attended the event, said: \u201cHe is doing what needs to be done. It\u2019s hard for some people to swallow, but we need to see how it will play out. And I believe it\u2019s going to play out for the betterment of our country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deborah Spencer, another rally attendee, said she doesn\u2019t like how she has so far \u201clost money for retirement\u201d as the markets have dropped because of Trump\u2019s economic policies. But she said she still has faith in him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m confident that President Trump has our best interests,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thousands attended the rally, but the overall size of the event paled in comparison with past campaign-era Trump rallies. Trump referred to “all the people outside,” even as the venue itself wasn\u2019t at capacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump\u2019s second term has been marked with fights with federal courts<\/a>, many of which have ruled against some of his most controversial policies, and it has ushered in an eroding relationship between the United States and some of its closest global allies. It has also sought to overhaul the federal government with the help of tech billionaire Elon Musk, the head of the Department of Government Efficiency, which has ushered in mass layoffs of government workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During his second term, Trump’s MAGA base has brushed off concerns about tariffs as \u201cshort-term pain\u201d and embraced his border policies, while Democrats have amplified their concerns about what they say are his authoritarian tendencies as his administration has focused on mass deportations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump brushed off the low polling numbers stemming from some of his early administration policies as \u201cfake.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf it were a legit poll, it would be in the 60s or 70s,\u201d he said Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Holding the rally in Michigan itself points to the state’s importance in next year’s midterm elections. Democratic Sen. Gary Peters isn\u2019t seeking re-election, making Michigan one of the top Senate-side battleground states headed into 2026. Trump hasn\u2019t endorsed a candidate in the race; Republican leadership in the Senate has backed Mike Rogers, who lost last year’s race to Democratic Sen. Elissa Slotkin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a twist, Trump also used the day to find some common ground with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat and persistent Trump critic who is considering running for president in 2028. At an event hours<\/a> before the rally in Warren, Trump announced a new series of fighter jets for Selfridge Air National Guard Base, giving the credit to Whitmer, whose recent visit to the White House to discuss tariffs d<\/a>r<\/a>ew cr<\/a>iticism<\/a> from many in her own party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the rally, Trump focused one of his attacks on Rep. Shri Thanedar, D-Mich., who introduced articles of impeachment against Trump on Monday, saying he is a \u201cclear and present danger to our nation\u2019s Constitution and democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat the hell did I do? Here we go again,\u201d said Trump, whom the House twice impeached during his first term. \u201cI had the television way down, and I said to our great first lady, \u2018Listen, did I just hear us being impeached again?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump advisers have told NBC News they don’t see Democrats\u2019 retaking the House, but they continue to talk about the idea of Democrats\u2019 trying to impeach Trump as a voter turnout mechanism headed into the 2026 midterms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Democrats are not taking the House,” a Trump adviser said Tuesday. “But this is about making sure voters remember the stakes of the midterm elections.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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