In his first campaign event since the apparent assassination attempt on Sunday, former President Donald Trump reportedly emphasized his economic policies and indicated that his “consequential” agenda may be the cause of his getting “shot at.”
In Flint, Michigan, Trump participated in a town hall event with Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders in the presence of a large audience.
The former president expressed his sorrow over the automotive industry’s decline in the Detroit and Flint region, which was once regarded as the hub of automobile manufacturing.
Trump also emphasized the necessity of increasing the production of vehicles in the United States, as opposed to Mexico and China.
He then assured the gathering of Michiganders that his administration would impose a 200% tariff on vehicles manufactured outside of the United States.
“They think they’re going to make their cars there and they’re going to sell them across our line and we’re going to take them and we’re not going to charge them tax. We’re going to charge them. I’m telling you right now, we’re putting a 200% tariff on them, which means they’re unsellable,” Trump remarked.
“And then you wonder why I get shot at. You know, only consequential presidents get shot at. … But you have to do what you have to do. You have to be brave. Otherwise, you’re not going to have a country left.” he concluded.
The former president was the target of another apparent assassination attempt on Sunday.
A 58-year-old man allegedly concealed himself near Trump’s golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida, for 12 hours in order to ambush the former president before he was caught.
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