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Hot out of the gate: Trump thrills base in dizzying first 100 days

By Susan Ferrechio

 

President Trump is scheduled to hold the first rally of his second term Tuesday in Macomb County, Michigan, where Republicans are in awe of his actions in a little more than three months to stop illegal immigration, cut government spending, claw back regulations and implement a host of other policies through a flurry of executive orders.

Macomb is the most heavily Republican county in the critical swing state, which helped carry Mr. Trump to victory in November. Residents thrilled with Mr. Trump’s rapid-fire pace of fulfilling the promises he made in the 2024 campaign are expected to give him a warm welcome.

“When he was inaugurated, he didn’t go back to the Oval Office and sit behind that Resolute desk and try to think about what to do. He had this planned out, because he hit the ground running like something none of us really anticipated,” said Mark Forton, a former chairman of the Macomb County Republican Party.

Mr. Trump’s first 100 days have given other Republicans heartburn, particularly with his trade policy and across-the-board tariffs that sent the stock market into a free fall and now threaten to sink the economy into a recession.

“There are businesses that will go bankrupt because of this,” said Sen. Ron Johnson, Wisconsin Republican and former plastics manufacturer.

Mr. Johnson, a free trade advocate, is otherwise thrilled with Mr. Trump’s swift actions to cut government waste and secure the border, two of the president’s most prominent campaign pledges, and his executive orders ending liberal policies in government and education…

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