"DETROIT -- President Donald Trump is traveling to Michigan on Tuesday to promote his efforts to boost U.S. manufacturing, trying to counter fears about a weakening job market and worries that still-rising prices are taking a toll on Americans' pocketbooks. The day trip will include a tour of a Ford factory in Dearborn that makes F-150 pickups, the bestselling domestic vehicle in the U.S. The Republican president is also set to address the Detroit Economic Club at the MotorCity Casino."
"It comes as the Trump administration's criminal investigation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has sparked an outcry, with defenders of the U.S. central bank pushing back against Trump's efforts to exert more control over it. Federal data from December released before the president left Washington showed Inflation declined a bit last month as prices for gas and used cars fell - a sign that cost pressures are slowly easing."
President Donald Trump is traveling to Michigan to promote U.S. manufacturing, tour a Ford F-150 plant in Dearborn, and address the Detroit Economic Club at MotorCity Casino. The trip aims to counter concerns about a weakening job market and rising consumer prices. The administration's criminal investigation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has sparked outcry and pushback from central bank defenders. December federal data showed inflation eased slightly as gas and used car prices fell, with consumer prices up 0.3% monthly. November off-year election losses prompted greater emphasis on direct public economic messaging. Trump called affordability jitters a "hoax," adjusted some auto-related tariffs, and Ford canceled an electric F-150 plan after slashed federal EV targets.
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