Trump blitzes Michigan, delivering economic message in west Michigan, Warren

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

72% : But Trump repeatedly referred back to tariffs, calling it "a beautiful word if used properly," even though tariffs are costs typically passed onto the consumers, resulting in higher prices.
54% : Trump has been turning more to the town hall format.
53% : In those remarks in Walker, Trump also focused on plans to boost manufacturing jobs, saying he intends to slash the federal corporate tax rate from 21% down to 15%, but only for companies that make their products in the U.S. At that event, he said he would also move to place tariffs of 100% to 200% on cars manufactured in Mexico to be imported into the U.S.Such a plan, however, could run afoul of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade deal, negotiated by Trump and touted as a prime achievement of his administration before he left office after his first term.
50% : "They have to pay a price for that," Trump said at the town hall, which lasted for about a half hour and attracted an audience of hundreds.
46% : The Warren visit was preceded by a stop in west Michigan, where Trump -- the Republican nominee for president who faces Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris in the Nov. 5 general election -- spoke to supporters at a manufacturing facility in a Grand Rapids suburb.
40% : At a brief town hall meeting at Macomb Community College in Warren, Trump answered a series of questions from attendees who identified themselves as autoworkers, saying he plans to impose steep tariffs on any attempts to import autos into the U.S., targeting Chinese competition but also those from a trade ally, Mexico.
32% : Trump did answer one personal question put to him by an attendee in Warren.
26% : Prior to Trump's visit Friday, Harris issued a statement saying Trump "makes empty promise after empty promise to American workers but never delivers" and noted that during his time in office, the U.S. lost hundreds of thousands of manufacturing jobs, though much of that happened due to the shutdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic.
20% : "Trump also said he would get rid of the standards on his first day in office but any such change would have to run through a lengthy bureaucratic procedure to be enacted.
18% : Every car is going to be electric, they say," Trump said incorrectly.
11% : More: In Michigan Trump calls for slashing corporate taxes, hiking tariffs on foreign productsMore: Watch replay: Former President Donald Trump holds town hall in WarrenIn Warren, Trump also indicated that he would move ahead with his plans for raising tariffs and lowering taxes with or without the help of Congress.
4% : "Trump, however, blasted Harris as "incompetent" and vowed to rescind what he and other Republicans call a Biden "mandate" to force the American public to purchase electric vehicles.

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